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sweep⋅er
[swee-per] 
pər
–noun
| 1. | a person or thing that sweeps. |
| 2. | carpet sweeper. |
| 3. | a janitor. |
| 4. | any of several fishes of the family Pempherididae, of tropical and warm, temperate seas, having an oblong, compressed body. |
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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Sweeper
Sweep"er\, n. One who, or that which, sweeps, or cleans by sweeping; a sweep; as, a carpet sweeper. It is oxygen which is the great sweeper of the economy. --Huxley.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Language Translation for : Sweeper
Spanish:
barrendero; barredora; cepillo mecánico,
German:
der Feger,
Japanese:
ほうき
sweeper
any of the fishes of the genera Parapriaeanthus or Pempheris, in the family Pempheridae (order Perciformes), all of which occur in marine or brackish waters in the Pacific, Atlantic, and Indian oceans. Sweepers have elongate-oval, compressed bodies with well-developed fins and tail. The eyes are unusually large. A few species have luminescent organs along the body. The glassy sweeper (Pempheris schomburgki) of the western Atlantic is the only representative along the North American coasts. No species occur in the eastern Atlantic.
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