English dictionary

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English *noun*: nipper
1.	nipper (person) a young person of either sex
		Samples	She writes books for children. They're just kids. `tiddler' is a British term for youngster.
		Synonyms	child, fry, kid, minor, nestling, shaver, small fry, tiddler, tike, tyke, youngster
		Broader (hypernym)	juvenile, juvenile person
		Narrower (hyponym)	bairn, bambino, buster, changeling, child prodigy, foster child, foster-child, fosterling, imp, infant prodigy, kiddy, kindergartener, kindergartner, monkey, orphan, peanut, picaninny, piccaninny, pickaninny, poster child, preschooler, rapscallion, rascal, scalawag, scallywag, scamp, silly, sprog, street child, toddler, tot, urchin, waif, wonder child, yearling
		Part holonym	child's body

2.	nipper (animal) a grasping structure on the limb of a crustacean or other arthropods
		Synonyms	chela, claw, pincer
		Broader (hypernym)	appendage, extremity, member
		Part meronym	crustacean

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