dunlins
Meaning of dunlins
plural noun
a migratory sandpiper with a downcurved bill and (in the breeding season) a reddish-brown back and black belly. It is the commonest small wader of the northern hemisphere.
mid 16th century: probably from dun1 + -ling, from the greyish-brown winter colouring of its upper parts.
Information about dunlins
- It is a name.
- The singular form of dunlins is: dunlin.
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Hyphenation of dunlins
dun-lins
- It consists of 2 syllables and 7 chars.
- dunlins is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
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