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pickmire

pickmire noun: the peewit, or black-headed gull.

Noun

pickmire (plural pickmires)

  1. (UK, archaic, dialectal) The peewit, or black-headed gull.

Forms of pickmire

pluralpickmires

Origin of pickmire

From pick + mire, so called from its picking its food from the mire.

Questions about pickmire

What does pickmire mean?
Pickmire means the peewit, or black-headed gull.
What part of speech is pickmire?
Pickmire is a noun.
What is the plural of pickmire?
The plural of pickmire is pickmires.

Words near pickmire in the dictionary

  1. pickmeisha
  2. pickmeishas
  3. pickmen
  4. Pickmere
  5. pickmes
  6. pickmire
  7. pickmires
  8. pickney
  9. pickneys
  10. picknick
  11. picknicked

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