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BITER

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected form: biter   

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Someone who bites

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("biter" is a kind of...):

individual; mortal; person; somebody; someone; soul (a human being)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "biter"):

nibbler (a biter who takes dainty repeated bites)

Derivation:

bite (to grip, cut off, or tear with or as if with the teeth or jaws)

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