gallinipper

/gal-uh-nip-er/US // ˈgæl əˌnɪp ər //

胆小鬼,胆小的人,瘿瘤,胆囊炎

Definitions

n.名词 noun

1
Informal.
- : any of various insects that sting or bite, especially a large American mosquito, Psorophora ciliata.

The term is also applied to a large mosquito-like insect, called locally "gallinipper."
The Mississippi gallinipper is adolescent compared to the Troublesome mosquito.
The connection with the proboscis of the gallinipper is especially apt.
The largest kind of mosquito in the valley of the lower Mississippi is called the Gallinipper.
They tell a good story to show the superiority of the Gallinipper, over the ordinary Mosquito, in this wise.