shearbill
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]shearbill (plural shearbills)
- A seabird, the black skimmer.
- 1971, Poul Anderson, The Queen of Air and Darkness:
- 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.