scarer

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

scarer
    n 1: an effigy in the shape of a man to frighten birds away from
         seeds [syn: {scarecrow}, {straw man}, {strawman}, {bird-
         scarer}, {scarer}]

from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

28 Moby Thesaurus words for "scarer":
      Dracula, Frankenstein, Wolf-man, bogey, bogeyman, bugaboo, bugbear,
      fee-faw-fum, frightener, ghost, ghoul, hobgoblin, holy terror,
      horror, incubus, monster, nightmare, ogre, ogress, phantom,
      revenant, scarebabe, scarecrow, specter, succubus, terror, vampire,
      werewolf

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