n. One who or that which pipes; one who plays on a pipe.n. Specificallyn. In ornithology:n. A sandpiper or sandpeep; a bird of the genus Tringa or some related genus, as Ereunetes. See cuts under Ereunetes, sandpiper, and stint.n. A young squab; a newly hatched pigeon.n. In ichthyology:n. The most general English name of the lyre-gurnard, Trigla lyra.n. An exocœtoid fish, Hemirhamphus intermedius, with an elongate body and ensiform lower jaw, common in New Zealand, and esteemed for its flesh as well as for the sport it gives. Also called garfish, ihi, and halfbeak.n. A kind of caddis-worm. See the quotation.n. The piper-urchin.n. In apiculture, an after-swarm having a virgin queen. Phin, Dict.n. See the quotation.n. A genus of plants, the type of the order Piperaceæ and tribe Prpereæ, characterized by the two to six stamens with distinct anther-cells, and an obtuse or slightly beaked ovary crowned with from two to five stigmas, becoming in fruit a small berry.n. In ichthyology: Same as balao.n. In Newfoundland, a haddock which is only half dried.