chebec

See also: chébec

English

Noun

chebec (plural chebecs)

  1. (nautical) Alternative form of chebacco

Etymology 2

Imitative of its note.

Pronunciation
  • Rhymes: -ɛk

Noun

chebec (plural chebecs)

  1. A small American bird (Empidonax minimus); the least flycatcher.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for chebec in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

French

Noun

chebec m (plural chebecs)

  1. (nautical) xebec
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