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scissor-bill

scissor-bill is the alternative form of scissorbill.

Meaning of scissorbill

Noun

scissorbill (plural scissorbills)

  1. (archaic) Synonym of skimmer: birds of the genus Rynchops.
    Synonyms:
    skimmer
  2. (US, archaic) Synonym of razorback: a variety of pig.
    Synonyms:
    razorback
  3. (US, derogatory) A fool, an incompetent; a yokel, a hick.
  4. (archaic, derogatory, IWW slang) A foolish worker who lacks class consciousness and opposes unions; also, a company man, a drone, .

Forms of scissor-bill

pluralscissor-bills

Questions about scissor-bill

What is scissor-bill the alternative form of?
Scissor-bill is the alternative form of scissorbill.

Words near scissor-bill in the dictionary

  1. scissor switches
  2. scissor tackle
  3. scissor tackles
  4. scissor teeth
  5. scissor tooth
  6. scissor-bill
  7. scissor-bills
  8. scissor-congruent
  9. scissor-like
  10. scissor-tailed
  11. scissor-tailed flycatcher

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Adapted from Wiktionary: scissor-bill (page history and authors); scissorbill (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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