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skipper
noun
- a person or thing that skips
- saury
- any of a family (Hesperiidae) of mostly small, heavy-bodied butterflies, having threadlike antennae usually ending in a hook, and characterized by short, erratic bursts of flight
- any skipping insect
noun
- the captain of a ship, esp. of a small ship or boat
- any leader, director, or captain
transitive verb
to act as skipper of
See skipper in American Heritage Dictionary 4
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