"screecher" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: screechers [plural]
Etymology: From screech + -er. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|screech|er|id2=agent noun}} screech + -er Head templates: {{en-noun}} screecher (plural screechers)
  1. Agent noun of screech; one who or that which screeches. Tags: agent, form-of Form of: screech (extra: one who or that which screeches) Categories (lifeform): Apodiforms
    Sense id: en-screecher-en-noun-WnI7xVvD Disambiguation of Apodiforms: 52 23 26 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun), Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 64 21 15 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun): 90 6 4 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 62 19 19 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 63 18 19
  2. (dated) A bird of the former category Picariae, distinguished from the songbirds. Tags: dated
    Sense id: en-screecher-en-noun-V-DWj6v~
  3. A bird, the common swift, Apus apus.
    Sense id: en-screecher-en-noun-Toiy72Z9
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: devil screecher Related terms: Strepitores

Inflected forms

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