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Courser vs Coursey - What's the difference?

courser | coursey |

As nouns the difference between courser and coursey

is that courser is a dog used for coursing while coursey is (nautical) a space in the galley; a part of the hatches.

courser

English

(wikipedia courser) (Cursorius)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A dog used for coursing.
  • A person who practises coursing.
  • A hunter.
  • A stone used in building a course.
  • A racehorse or a charger.
  • Any of several species of bird in the genus Cursorius of the family Glareolidae.

    • Derived terms

    * bronze-winged courser, Rhinoptilus chalcopterus * Burchell's courser, Cursorius rufus * cream-coloured courser, Cursorius cursor * double-banded courser, Rhinoptilus africanus * Indian courser, Cursorius coromandelicus * Jerdon's courser, Rhinoptilus bitorquatus * Somali courser, Cursorius somalensis * Temminck's courser, Cursorius temminckii * three-banded courser, Rhinoptilus cinctus

    References

    * OED 2nd edition 1989

    Anagrams

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    coursey

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (nautical) A space in the galley; a part of the hatches.
    • (Webster 1913)