south-southerly
/saʊθˈsʌðəli/Chiefly US regional
noun
The long-tailed duck, Clangula hyemalis.
Origin
Early 19th century; earliest use found in Alexander Wilson (1766–1813), ornithologist and poet. From south + southerly, apparently in imitation of the sound of the bird's call.
- breakfaster
- breakfast television
- break feeding
- break forth
- break free
- breakfront
- break ground
- break in
- breaking and entering
- breaking ball
- breaking capacity
- breaking cart
- breaking news
- breaking point
- break into
- break in two
- breakneck
- break new (or fresh) ground
- break of day
- break off
- break of serve
- break one's back
- break one's duck
- break one's neck to do something
- break (one's) stride