Chirruper

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    One who chirrups.

    "As it [the sun] passed round to the south the first chirrupers would cease, and others on that side of the tree take up the chorus; and when the shades of evening fell upon the branches, one by one the grasshoppers became silent."

Example

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"As it [the sun] passed round to the south the first chirrupers would cease, and others on that side of the tree take up the chorus; and when the shades of evening fell upon the branches, one by one the grasshoppers became silent."

Etymology

From chirrup + -er.

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