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sheartail

sheartail noun: the common tern, Sterna hirundo.

Noun

sheartail (plural sheartails)

  1. The common tern, Sterna hirundo.
  2. A hummingbird of any of several species of the genus Thaumastura, having a long forked tail.

Forms of sheartail

pluralsheartails

Origin of sheartail

From shear + tail.

Words formed from sheartail

Questions about sheartail

What does sheartail mean?
Sheartail means the common tern, Sterna hirundo.
What part of speech is sheartail?
Sheartail is a noun.
What is the plural of sheartail?
The plural of sheartail is sheartails.

Words near sheartail in the dictionary

  1. shears
  2. shearsman
  3. shearsmen
  4. shearsmith
  5. shearsmiths
  6. sheartail
  7. sheartails
  8. shearwall
  9. shearwalls
  10. shearwater
  11. shearwaters

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