BITER


Meaning of BITER in English

/buy"teuhr/ , n.

1. a person or animal that bites, esp. habitually or viciously: That dog is a biter.

2. Chiefly Chesapeake Bay. the larger claw of a crab.

3. Obs. a cheat; swindler; fraud.

[ 1250-1300; ME; see BITE, -ER 1 ]

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