shorebird
noun
shorebird is a noun meaning “A bird, or species of birds, that is found near the edge of bodies of water” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled S-H-O-R-E-B-I-R-D and has 2 syllables, and it appears about once in every 19 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of shorebird is shorebirds.
What does shorebird mean?
noun
- 1
A bird, or species of birds, that is found near the edge of bodies of water.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce shorebird?
Shorebird has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of shorebird
- shorebirds plural
- shore bird
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is shorebird?
Shorebird appears about once in every 19 million words in written English, the 130,282nd most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Shorebird in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense long-legged bird:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | Ufervogel |
| Spanish | limícola |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does shorebird come from?
From shore + bird.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).