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whimberries

whimberries is the plural of whimberry.

Meaning of whimberry

Noun

whimberry (plural whimberries)

  1. (UK, dialectal) The bilberry or whortleberry (Vaccinium myrtillus).
    • Another variable species: when fed upon whimberry or cowberry it is a most distinct-looking insect, often with the white patches placed in a triangle, one on the disk, one on the hind margin, and the usual one: no band.1871, C. S. Gregson, “Varieties and Aberrations of Lepidoptera”, in Edward Newman, editor, The Entomologist, volume V, London: Simpkin, Marshall, & Co., page 75

Questions about whimberries

What is whimberries the plural of?
Whimberries is the plural of whimberry.

Words near whimberries in the dictionary

  1. whim
  2. WHIM syndrome
  3. whim-wham
  4. whim-wham for a goose's bridle
  5. whim-whams
  6. whimberries
  7. whimberry
  8. whimble
  9. whimbles
  10. whimbrel
  11. whimbrels

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