shearbill

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noun

A seabird, the black skimmer.

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Meanings

nounshearbill (plural shearbills)

plural shearbills

  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.

    1971, Poul Anderson, The Queen of Air and Darkness

Origin

From shear + bill.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

shillaber
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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