shorb

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/ˈʃɔɹb/

noun

A shorebird.

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Meanings

shorb1

nounshorb (plural shorbs)

plural shorbs

  1. informalbiologyA shorebird.

    With it was a much larger curlew species: Long-billed Curlew (the largest regularly occurring shorb in the ABA)

    2019 December 20, Jared Conaway, “On The Wesside Feelin Like a Great”, in AK-AZ Birder (blog), archived from the original on 12 Apr 2024
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    The first of the rare species of shorb for AZ I started finding this fall was the Semipalmated Sandpiper, an overlooked and overeported species in Maricopa County.

    2016 September 10, Caleb Strand, “Fall Madness: Shorebirding And More!!!”, in Birding With Caleb (blog), archived from the original on 23 Nov 2023

    Unfortunately people coming back down the beach flushed the small shorb flock but they flew to the golf course and stuck around a bit.

    2023 September 24, Mary Walsh, “Archived copy”, in Macaulay Library, archived from the original on 12 Apr 2024

Shorb2

proper nounShorb (plural Shorbs)

plural Shorbs

  1. A surname.

Origin

Clipping of shorebird.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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