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shorebird
[ shawr-burd, shohr- ]
/ ˈʃɔrˌbɜrd, ˈʃoʊr- /
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Words nearby shorebird
shopwalker, shopwindow, shopworn, shoran, shore, shorebird, shore bug, shore crab, shore dinner, shore fly, shorefront
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How to use shorebird in a sentence
On your own, look for shorebirds on the mudflats around Thompson Island and Isle au Haut.
British Dictionary definitions for shorebird
shore bird
noun
any of various birds that live close to water, esp any bird of the families Charadriidae or Scolopacidae (plovers, sandpipers, etc)Also called (Brit): wader
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