purre
/pəː/Now English regional
noun
The dunlin (Calidris alpina) in its winter plumage, formerly thought to be a separate species.
Origin
Early 17th century; earliest use found in Randle Cotgrave (fl. 1587–?1630), lexicographer. Imitative of the dunlin's trilling call.
- lemures
- Lena
- Lenclos, Ninon de
- lend
- lendable
- lend a hand (or a helping hand)
- lend an ear (or one's ears)
- lender
- lending library
- lending rate
- Lend-Lease
- Lendl, Ivan
- lend one's name to
- lend (or give) colour to
- Lenexa
- L'Enfant, Pierre Charles
- L'Engle, Madeleine
- length
- -length
- lengthen
- lengthener
- lengthily
- lengthiness
- lengthman
- length mark