scray

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noun

A tern; the sea swallow.

Scrabble 10

Meanings

nounscray (plural scrays)

plural scrays · alternative scraye

  1. UKarchaicA tern; the sea swallow.

Origin

  1. Welshysgraen
  2. Englishscray

From Welsh ysgraen, ysgraell.

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APA

scray. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/scray

MLA

“scray.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/scray. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “scray,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/scray.

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