Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

shearbill

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: shear-bill
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A seabird, the black skimmer.

Example Sentences

"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."

Etymology

From shear + bill.

Inflected Forms

shearbills (plural)

Questions

What does shearbill mean?: A seabird, the black skimmer.
Where does shearbill come from?: From shear + bill.

How to pronounce shearbill

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