Definition of piper

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Piper (n.) A sea urchin (Goniocidaris hystrix) having very long spines, native of both the American and European coasts..

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Grallae :: Grallae (n. pl.) An order of birds which formerly included all the waders. By later writers it is usually restricted to the sandpipers, plovers, and allied forms; -- called also Grallatores..
Knot :: Knot (n.) A sandpiper (Tringa canutus), found in the northern parts of all the continents, in summer. It is grayish or ashy above, with the rump and upper tail coverts white, barred with dusky. The lower parts are pale brown, with the flanks and under tail coverts white. When fat it is prized by epicures. Called also dunne..
Hydropiper :: Hydropiper (n.) A species (Polygonum Hydropiper) of knotweed with acrid foliage; water pepper; smartweed.
Piper :: Piper (n.) One who plays on a pipe, or the like, esp. on a bagpipe..
Lakeweed :: Lakeweed (n.) The water pepper (Polygonum Hydropiper), an aquatic plant of Europe and North America..
Peep :: Peep (n.) Any small sandpiper, as the least sandpiper (Trigna minutilla)..
Smartweed :: Smartweed (n.) An acrid plant of the genus Polygonum (P. Hydropiper), which produces smarting if applied where the skin is tender..
Auletic :: Auletic (a.) Of or pertaining to a pipe (flute) or piper.
Cubeb :: Cubeb (n.) The small, spicy berry of a species of pepper (Piper Cubeba; in med., Cubeba officinalis), native in Java and Borneo, but now cultivated in various tropical countries. The dried unripe fruit is much used in medicine as a stimulant and purgative..
Sea Snipe :: Sea snipe () A sandpiper, as the knot and dunlin..
Tattler :: Tattler (n.) Any one of several species of large, long-legged sandpipers belonging to the genus Totanus..
Santal :: Santal (n.) A colorless crystalline substance, isomeric with piperonal, but having weak acid properties. It is extracted from sandalwood..
Piper :: Piper (n.) See Pepper.
Yellowlegs :: Yellowlegs (n.) Any one of several species of long-legged sandpipers of the genus Totanus, in which the legs are bright yellow; -- called also stone snipe, tattler, telltale, yellowshanks; and yellowshins. See Tattler, 2..
Plover :: Plover (n.) Any grallatorial bird allied to, or resembling, the true plovers, as the crab plover (Dromas ardeola); the American upland, plover (Bartramia longicauda); and other species of sandpipers..
Water Junket :: Water junket () The common sandpiper.
Bagpiper :: Bagpiper (n.) One who plays on a bagpipe; a piper.
Piperidge :: Piperidge (n.) Same as Pepperidge.
Sandpiper :: Sandpiper (n.) Any one of numerous species of small limicoline game birds belonging to Tringa, Actodromas, Ereunetes, and various allied genera of the family Tringidae..
Tringa :: Tringa (n.) A genus of limicoline birds including many species of sandpipers. See Dunlin, Knot, and Sandpiper..
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