Meanings
shorbs1
noun
- pluralplural of shorb
Landscape of the beach, you can see all the little dots lining the waterline are shorbs
2017 August 15, Drew Beamer, “Avocet Trip Report: Day Three (Prime Hook, Clifton Farm, and DuPont Nature Center)”, in crazed4birds (blog), archived from the original on 12 Apr 20242 more examples
Long-billed curlews, black-necked stilts, and American avocets are large, gorgeous "gateway" shorbs that beginners can easily identify.
2023, Sneed B. Collard III, “12 Shorebirds Every Montana Should (Kinda) Know”, Good Enough Guide, in Montana Outdoors, March–April 2023 issue, archived from the original on 04 Sep 2023, page 39The bird all the way on the left looks like a Wood Sandpiper, but I'm a little out of practice with Eurasian shorbs so I won't call it for sure
2024 March 29, “are these curlew sandpipers? guangdong china”, in reddit.com, archived from the original on 12 Apr 2024
Shorbs2
proper noun
- pluralplural of Shorb
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APA
shorbs. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shorbs
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“shorbs.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shorbs. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “shorbs,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shorbs.
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