purre

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noun

A bird, the dunlin.

OriginOld English pur →
Scrabble 7
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Meanings

nounpurre (plural purres)

plural purres

  1. UKdialectalA bird, the dunlin.

Origin

  1. Old Englishpur“bittern”
  2. Englishpurre

From Old English pur (“bittern”).

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APA

purre. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/purre

MLA

“purre.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/purre. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “purre,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/purre.

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