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killigrew

killigrew noun: a bird, the red-billed chough.

Noun

killigrew (plural killigrews)

  1. (Scotland, UK, archaic, dialectal) A bird, the red-billed chough.

Proper noun capitalized: Killigrew

Killigrew (plural Killigrews)

  1. A surname from Cornish.

Forms of killigrew

Noun
pluralkilligrews
Proper noun
pluralKilligrews
alternative formKillebrew

Origin of killigrew

Habitational surname from Cornish kelli (“grove”) + kryw (“stepping stone”).

Questions about killigrew

What does killigrew mean?
Killigrew means a bird, the red-billed chough.
What part of speech is killigrew?
Killigrew can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of killigrew?
The plural of killigrew is killigrews.

Words near killigrew in the dictionary

  1. Killiens
  2. killier
  3. killiest
  4. killifish
  5. killifishes
  6. killigrew
  7. killigrews
  8. killikinick
  9. killikinnick
  10. Killimicat
  11. Killin

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