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whabby

whabby noun: the red-throated diver.

Noun

whabby (plural whabbies)

  1. (Canada, Newfoundland, US, especially, regional) The red-throated diver.
    • On discovering a whabby swimming in a small pond, […]1792 [original: 1771], Cartwright, i, 143
    • The most remarkable of the sea-birds which frequent these coasts are the lord and lady, of the teal kind; the hounds, rather larger than the teal, which migrate to the north in the spring in large flocks, and as they fly, make a continual noise resembling that of a pack of beagles when in chase...1819, Lewis Amadeus Anspach, A History of the Island of Newfoundland: Containing a Description of the Island, the Banks, the Fisheries and Trade of Newfoundland and the Coast of Labrador, page 391

Forms of whabby

pluralwhabbies

Questions about whabby

What does whabby mean?
Whabby means the red-throated diver.
What part of speech is whabby?
Whabby is a noun.
What is the plural of whabby?
The plural of whabby is whabbies.

Words near whabby in the dictionary

  1. wha-up
  2. wha-ups
  3. whaanau
  4. whaanaus
  5. whabbies
  6. whabby
  7. whac-a-mole
  8. whac-a-moles
  9. whachacallit
  10. whachacallits
  11. whachamacallit

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