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shearbill

noun

Etymology

From shear + bill.

  1. derived from bulla
  2. derived from bulle
  3. derived from bille
  4. inherited from bille
  5. compounded as shearbill — “shear + bill”

Definitions

  1. A seabird, the black skimmer.

    • His cheeks thus pulled into shadow while the light flickered across nose and brow, he looked disquietingly like a shearbill about to stoop on prey.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA