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chickadees

chickadees is the plural of chickadee.

Meaning of chickadee

Noun

chickadee (plural chickadees)

  1. (Canada, US) Any of the small, mostly black and white North American songbirds of the genus Poecile of the family Paridae.
    • In Walden wood the chickadee / Runs round the pine and maple tree1904, Ralph Waldo Emerson, “Fragments on Nature and Life”, in Poems
    Synonyms:
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  2. Affectionate term of address.
    • I got a date with a cute little chickadee in just a few, an' I don't wanna be late!2004, Intelligent Systems, translated by Nintendo of America, Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, Nintendo, GameCube, level/area: Glitzville

Phrases with chickadees

Questions about chickadees

What is chickadees the plural of?
Chickadees is the plural of chickadee.

Words near chickadees in the dictionary

  1. chick-weed
  2. chick-weeds
  3. chickabiddies
  4. chickabiddy
  5. chickadee
  6. chickadees
  7. Chickahominy
  8. Chickamauga
  9. chickaree
  10. chickarees
  11. Chickasaw

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