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herl

herl noun: a strand of hair.

Noun

herl (plural herls)

  1. (obsolete) a strand of hair
  2. the fibrous shaft or barb of a feather (especially that of the ostrich or peacock) used to make artificial flies for angling
  3. an artificial fly made with this barb

Proper noun capitalized: Herl

Herl (plural Herls)

  1. A surname from German.

herl meaning in Tamil

herl in Tamil

தூவி, இறகிழை

Forms of herl

Noun
pluralherls
Proper noun
pluralHerls

Origin of herl

Borrowed from German Herl.

Questions about herl

What does herl mean?
Herl means a strand of hair.
What is herl in Tamil?
Herl in Tamil is தூவி, இறகிழை. See Herl meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is herl?
Herl can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of herl?
The plural of herl is herls.

Words near herl in the dictionary

  1. herkogamic
  2. herkogamous
  3. herkogamy
  4. herky
  5. herky-jerky
  6. herl
  7. Herlihy
  8. Herlihys
  9. herling
  10. herlings
  11. Herlong

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Adapted from Wiktionary: herl (page history and authors); Herl (page history and authors); herl (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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