Etymology

yelper

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Today it means: One who yelps. Full definition →

Middle English yelpere
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  1. Middle English · inherited fromyelpere
  2. English todayyelper

From Middle English yelpere; equivalent to yelp + -er. The avocet is so called from its sharp, shrill cry.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.