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dunters

dunters is the plural of dunter.

Meaning of dunter

Noun

dunter (plural dunters)

  1. (Scotland, dialectal, Northumberland) A porpoise.
    • "Here an old woman, thinking to help her pastor out of a dead lift, cried out, 'Aiblins, Sir, it was a dunter.' (The vulgar name of a species of whale common to the Scotch coast.)1845, Thomas Ingoldsby [pseudonym; Richard Barham], The Ingoldsby Legends, New York, N.Y.: W. J. Widdleton, published 1865, page 80
  2. The common eider, Somateria mollissima.
    Synonyms:
    dunter goose

Questions about dunters

What is dunters the plural of?
Dunters is the plural of dunter.

Words near dunters in the dictionary

  1. Duntara
  2. dunted
  3. dunter
  4. dunter geese
  5. dunter goose
  6. dunters
  7. dunting
  8. Duntley
  9. Dunton
  10. Dunton Green
  11. Duntons

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