English Explanatory Dictionary

wheelbird

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The European goatsucker.

Word forms

wheelbird wheelbirds

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kʷel- Proto-Indo-European *kʷekʷléh₂ Proto-Germanic *hweulō Old English hwēol Middle English whel English wheel Old English bridd Middle English brid English bird English wheelbird From wheel + bird, from the sound of its cry?

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