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Webster 1913 Edition


Shearbill

Shear′billˊ

,
Noun.
(Zool.)
The black skimmer. See
Skimmer
.

Webster 1828 Edition


Shearbill

SHE'ARBILL

,
Noun.
[shear and bill.] A fowl, the black skimmer or cut-water.

Definition 2024


shearbill

shearbill

English

Noun

shearbill (plural shearbills)

  1. A seabird, the black skimmer.
    • Poul Anderson
      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.