BIRK

Etymology

Proper noun

Birk (plural er-noun or Birks)

A surname.

A male given name

Etymology 1

Noun

birk (plural birks)

(Northern English) A birch tree.

A Eurasian minnow (Phoxinus phoxinus, syn. Leuciscus phoxinus).

Etymology 2

Noun

birk (plural birks)

(British, slang) Alternative spelling of berk

Source: Wiktionary


Birk, n. Etym: [See Birch, n.]

Definition: A birch tree. [Prov. Eng.] "The silver birk." Tennyson.

Birk, n. (Zoƶl.)

Definition: A small European minnow (Leuciscus phoxinus).

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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