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herls

herls is the plural of herl.

Meaning of herl

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

See all 4 meanings of herl

Proper noun capitalized: Herls

Herls

  1. (plural) plural of Herl

Questions about herls

What is herls the plural of?
Herls is the plural of herl.
What part of speech is herls?
Herls is a proper noun.

Words near herls in the dictionary

  1. Herlihys
  2. herling
  3. herlings
  4. Herlong
  5. Herlongs
  6. herls
  7. herm
  8. herma
  9. hermae
  10. Hermaean
  11. hermaeid

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Adapted from Wiktionary: herls (page history and authors); Herls (page history and authors); herl (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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