English Explanatory Dictionary

sheartail

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

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

Word forms

sheartail sheartails

Etymology

From shear + tail.

Derived words

Lucifer sheartail Peruvian sheartail

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