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veeries

veeries is the plural of veery.

Meaning of veery

Noun

veery (plural veeries)

  1. An American thrush (Catharus fuscescens) common in the Northern United States and Canada.
    • In such safe retreats, when the somber shade is brightened here and there with stray beams of sunlight, in the warmth of which myriad insects bathe their wings and flutter away their little span of life, humming a quaint refrain to the gargle of the rivulet, the Veery meets his mate — the song...1878, Elliott Coues, “Wilson’s Thrush, or Veery”, in Birds of the Colorado Valley, page 42
    Synonyms:
    Wilson's thrush

Questions about veeries

What is veeries the plural of?
Veeries is the plural of veery.

Words near veeries in the dictionary

  1. Veerasena
  2. Veere
  3. veered
  4. veerer
  5. veerers
  6. veeries
  7. veering
  8. veeringly
  9. veerings
  10. veers
  11. veery

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