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screechers

screechers is the plural of screecher.

Meaning of screecher

Noun

screecher (plural screechers)

  1. (dated) 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
  2. A bird, the common swift, Apus apus.

Phrases with screechers

Questions about screechers

What is screechers the plural of?
Screechers is the plural of screecher.

Words near screechers in the dictionary

  1. screech-owl
  2. screech-owls
  3. screeched
  4. screeched out
  5. screecher
  6. screechers
  7. screeches
  8. screeches out
  9. screecheth
  10. screechier
  11. screechiest

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