screecher
screecher noun: a bird of the former category Picariae, distinguished from the songbirds. Also the agent noun of screech.
Noun
screecher (plural screechers)
- A bird of the former category Picariae, distinguished from the songbirds.
- The names Strepitores, (screechers), and Cantores, (warblers or songsters), have reference to the conformation of the lower larynx1838, The Magazine of natural history and journal of zoology, botany, mineralogy, geology and meteorology, volume 2, page 420
- Both the Cuckoos and the Moth-hunters pertain to that extensive order of birds which, in an arrangement of the class which I had lately the honour of submitting to the Zoological Society, I designated Strepitores, (or Screechers); an order characterized by numerous physiological agreements, but...1839, Edward Blyth, “A Natural History of the Cuckoo”, in The Analyst: A Quarterly Journal of Science, Literature, Natural History, and the Fine Arts, volume 9, page 53
- A bird, the common swift, Apus apus.
Also used as
screecher is also the agent noun of screech.
Forms of screecher
| plural | screechers |
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Origin of screecher
From screech + -er.
Words formed from screecher
Questions about screecher
- What does screecher mean?
- Screecher means a bird of the former category Picariae, distinguished from the songbirds.
- What part of speech is screecher?
- Screecher is a noun.
- What is the plural of screecher?
- The plural of screecher is screechers.
Words near screecher in the dictionary
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