turr

See also: þurr

English

Noun

turr (plural turrs)

  1. (Newfoundland) Synonym of murre (“seabird of genus Uria”).
    • 1992, Bernice Morgan, Random Passage, page 129:
      A dozen species of murrs, turrs, puffins and gulls scream and wheel like demons.
    • 2011, J. Alexander Burnett, A Passion for Wildlife, page 44:
      At one wharf we encountered a man who had just come in with about 25 turrs. Among the birds I also noticed one guillemot.

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology

From Old Norse þurr, from Proto-Germanic *þursuz.

Adjective

turr (masculine and feminine turr, neuter turt, definite singular and plural turre, comparative turrare, indefinite superlative turrast, definite superlative turraste)

  1. dry

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