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shorebird

shorebird noun: a bird, or species of birds, that is found near the edge of bodies of water.

Noun

shorebird (plural shorebirds)

  1. A bird, or species of birds, that is found near the edge of bodies of water.
    Synonyms:
    wader

shorebird meaning in Tamil

shorebird in Tamil

கரையோரப் பறவை, கடற்கரை ஓரமாக வசிக்கும், வாழும் உயரமானக் கால்களும், நீண்டுக்கூர்மையான அலகும் உடைய, பலவிதமான உருவமைப்பும், நிறங்களும் கொண்ட

Synonyms of shorebird

Forms of shorebird

pluralshorebirds
alternative formshore bird

Origin of shorebird

From shore + bird.

Questions about shorebird

What does shorebird mean?
Shorebird means a bird, or species of birds, that is found near the edge of bodies of water.
What is shorebird in Tamil?
Shorebird in Tamil is கரையோரப் பறவை, கடற்கரை ஓரமாக வசிக்கும், வாழும் உயரமானக் கால்களும். See Shorebird meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is shorebird?
Shorebird is a noun.
What is the plural of shorebird?
The plural of shorebird is shorebirds.

Words near shorebird in the dictionary

  1. shore teetan
  2. shore teetans
  3. shore thistle
  4. shore thistles
  5. shore up
  6. shorebird
  7. shorebirds
  8. shorebound
  9. shorebreak
  10. shorebreaks
  11. shorecrab

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Adapted from Wiktionary: shorebird (page history and authors); shorebird (Tamil Wiktionary) (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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