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Hun·ter    Audio Help   [huhn-ter] Pronunciation Key
–noun
1.John, 1728–93, Scottish surgeon, physiologist, and biologist.
2.Robert Mer·cer Tal·ia·ferro    Audio Help   [mur-ser tol-uh-ver] Pronunciation Key, 1809–87, U.S. political leader: Speaker of the House 1839–41.
3.a male given name.
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hunt·er    Audio Help   [huhn-ter] Pronunciation Key
–noun
1.a person who hunts game or other wild animals for food or in sport.
2.a person who searches for or seeks something: a fortune hunter.
3.a horse specially trained for quietness, stamina, and jumping ability in hunting.
4.an animal, as a dog, trained to hunt game.
5.(initial capital letter) Astronomy. the constellation Orion.
6.Also called hunting watch. a watch with a hunting case.
7.hunter green.
[Origin: 1200–50; ME huntere. See hunt, -er1]

—Related forms
hunt·er·like, adjective
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Main Entry:  hunter
Part of Speech:  noun
Synonyms:  marksman, seeker, chaser, chasseur, diana, huntsman, nimrod, pursuer, sportsman, stalker
Source:  Synonym Collection v1.1
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Hubel, David Hunter, 1926-, American neurobiologist, b. Ont., Canada. In 1958, Hubel joined Torsten Wiesel at Johns Hopkins Univ., and the two relocated to Harvard in 1959. Their most famous studies were in the area of visual perception, with particular emphasis on the nerve impulses mediating between the retina and the brain. They observed that various nerve cells were responsible for different types of visual stimuli. In 1981, Hubel and Wiesel received a Nobel prize for their research in neurophysiology. 
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