biter
Americannoun
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biters
plural
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a person or animal that bites, especially habitually or viciously.
That dog is a biter.
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Chiefly Chesapeake Bay. the larger claw of a crab.
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Obsolete. a cheat; swindler; fraud.
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Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of biter
A Middle English word dating back to 1250–1300; see origin at bite, -er 1
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"Not that the economy wasn't relevant in those times, but there were other huge things going on," he said, describing the current race as a "nail biter".
From BBC ● Jul. 25, 2024
Orange County expects to release its “ankle biter fighters,” as Brannon called them, in Mission Viejo this fall or next spring.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 25, 2024
Having in mind that the toe biter is an iconic species accompanied by creepy stories concerning its encounters with humans, the authors assume that it is unlikely that it had gone unnoticed for too long.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 18, 2024
We learned this week that Commander, however, has also been a big-time biter, having bitten “seven people in a four-month span,” according to the New York Post.
From Slate ● Jul. 29, 2023
I didn’t even bother since my partner was a biter.
From "Glitch" by Laura Martin
This was until Estevao intervened as the biters of early in the season were painfully bitten back.
From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2025
Vector control officials in Southern California are starting to release sterilized male mosquitoes to combat the summertime onslaught of ankle biters.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 28, 2024
That’s a huge problem because there are no good tools to thwart outside biters, says Baltazar Candrinho, who heads NMCP.
From Science Magazine ● Sep. 8, 2022
I’ve tried everything to combat the biters, but I still get eaten alive in my backyard.
From The Verge ● Jun. 3, 2022
The third trout got away, despite the most careful handling, but the fourth and fifth biters were soon landed.
From The High School Boys' Fishing Trip by H. Irving (Harrie Irving) Hancock
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