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Sea accipiter
Answer for the clue "Sea accipiter ", 3 letters:
ern
Alternative clues for the word ern
Word definitions for ern in dictionaries
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. bulky grayish-brown eagle with a short wedge-shaped white tail; of Europe and Greenland [syn: erne , gray sea eagle , European sea eagle , white-tailed sea eagle , Haliatus albicilla ]
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
Etymology 1 n. (alternative spelling of erne English) Etymology 2 alt. 1 (context UK dialectal English) To run; flow. 2 (context UK dialectal Scotland English) To (cause to) coagulate; curdle (milk) by adding rennet and applying heat. vb. 1 (context UK ...
Usage examples of ern.
The others walked slowly through the village, talking about Ern, and keeping a look-out for Bingo.
MR GOON LOSES HIS TEMPER Ern had been very busy indeed while the others had gone to the village.
Mr Goon went off to the police station, his boots well polished by Ern, and his helmet and uniform well brushed.
About half-past five Mr Goon returned home to see if Ern had put on the kettle and had made him some toast, as he had commanded.
Bingo leapt up at the astonished Ern, and tried his hardest to lick him in as many places as he could, barking madly all the time.
And Ern suddenly put two fingers into his mouth, screwed up his face, and gave a very sudden, very long and extremely piercing whistle.
The door opened and a torch shone in, lighting up the darkness in which Ern sat.
He made such a noise gnawing it that Ern felt sure it could be heard for miles around!
Fatty to Buster, and Ern pointed his finger at Bingo, and said exactly the same.
The French artist who was copying the picture suddenly lost his temper as Ern breathed heavily down the back of his neck.
But Ern was still staring at the picture on the wall, absent-mindedly rubbing at the paint that the artist had streaked across his face.
Soon they left Bets and Ern to themselves and wandered into the other rooms.
Larry, Daisy, Pip, Bets and Ern jumped too, and clutched in fright at one another, when the eerie wail echoed round them.
Now only one was left - the Frenchman who had been copying the picture that Ern had liked so much.
Fatty, panting hard as he and Ern heaved the trap-door out of its place.