piper

One who plays the bagpipe.

One who plays on a pipe.

A genus of plants, the type of the order Piperaceæ and tribe Prpereæ, characterized by the two to six stamens with distinct anther-cells, and an obtuse or slightly beaked ovary crowned with from two to five stigmas, becoming in fruit a small berry.

One who or that which pipes; one who plays on a pipe.

Specifically

In ornithology:

A sandpiper or sandpeep; a bird of the genus Tringa or some related genus, as Ereunetes. See cuts under Ereunetes, sandpiper, and stint.

A young squab; a newly hatched pigeon.

In ichthyology:

The most general English name of the lyre-gurnard, Trigla lyra.