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Webster 1913 Edition

Yelper

Yelp′er

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Noun.

An animal that yelps, or makes a yelping noise.

Specifically:

(Zool.)

(a)

The avocet; – so called from its sharp, shrill cry.

[Prov. Eng.]

(b)

The tattler.

[Local, U. S.]