See Also: peperino(medicine)
peperino(dictionary)

shedder (iou) and peperino (iou)


shedder (iou)



shedder noun. LME.
[from SHED verb1 + -ER1.]
A person who or thing which sheds something. LME.
spec.
a. A female salmon or similar fish after spawning. L16.
b. A crab in the process of casting its shell. L19.

peperino (iou)



peperino noun. L18.
[Italian, from peper- (see PEPPERONI) + dim. suffix -ino (because it consists of small grains).]
Geology. A light porous grey tuff containing fragments of leucite etc., found in the Albano hills, Italy; any pyroclastic deposit containing varied fragments.