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piper
pĭper, pĭpĕris, n., = πέπερι (Sanscr. pippali or pippalī, the same), pepper. I Lit., Plin. 12, 7,...
A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.
an Auckland name for the Garfish (q.v.). The name is applied to otherfishes in the Northern Hemisphere.
1872. Hutton and Hector, `Fishes of New Zealand,' p. 118:
«Angling for garfish in Auckland Harbour, where it is known asthe piper, is graphically described in `The Field,' London,Nov. 25, 1871.. . . the pipers are `just awfu' cannibals,' and you will beoften informed on Auckland wharf that `pipers is deeth on piper.'»
pĭper, pĭpĕris, n., = πέπερι (Sanscr. pippali or pippalī, the same), pepper. I Lit., Plin. 12, 7,...
A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.