shearbill

English

Etymology

shear +‎ bill

Noun

shearbill (plural shearbills)

  1. A seabird, the black skimmer.
    • Poul Anderson
      His cheeks thus pulled into shadow while the light flickered across nose and brow, he looked disquietingly like a shearbill about to stoop on prey.

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