scrabe

noun

ˈskrāb

variants or scraber

-bə(r)

plural -s

1

: manx shearwater

2

: black guillemot

Word History

Etymology

Danish & Faeroese; Danish skrabe, from Faeroese skrāpur; probably akin to Old Norse skrapa to scrape

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