piper

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piper - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Piper \Pi"per\, n. [L.]
     See Pepper.
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  Piper \Pip"er\, n.
     1. (Mus.) One who plays on a pipe, or the like, esp. on a
        bagpipe. "The hereditary piper and his sons." --Macaulay.
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     2. (Zool.)
        (a) A common European gurnard (Trigla lyra), having a
            large head, with prominent nasal projection, and with
            large, sharp, opercular spines.
        (b) A sea urchin (Goniocidaris hystrix) having very long
            spines, native of both the American and European
            coasts.
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     To pay the piper, to bear the cost, expense, or trouble.
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piper - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  piper
      n 1: someone who plays the bagpipe [syn: piper, bagpiper]
      2: type genus of the Piperaceae: large genus of chiefly climbing
         tropical shrubs [syn: Piper, genus Piper]