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† ˈgurnipper New England. Obs.
[Cf. gallinipper.]
(See quots.)
1634W. Wood New Eng. Prosp. i. xi. (1865) 51 A Gurnipper..is a small blacke fly no bigger than a flea. 1674J. Josselyn Voy. New Eng. 122 There is another sort of fly called a Gurnipper that are like our horse-flyes, and will bite desperately. |