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Bustard
noun · 78% connection
large heavy-bodied chiefly terrestrial game bird capable of powerful swift flight; classified with wading birds but frequents grassy s…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: several, large, wading, birds, genera.
Crane
noun · 78% connection
A wading bird of the genus Grus, and allied genera, of various species, having a long, straight bill, and long legs and neck.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: several, large, wading, birds, genera.
Desmognathous
adjective · 78% connection
Having the maxillo-palatine bones united; -- applied to a group of carinate birds (Desmognathae), including various wading and swimmin…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: several, large, wading, birds, genera.
Gallinule
noun · 78% connection
One of several wading birds, having long, webless toes, and a frontal shield, belonging to the family Rallidae. They are remarkable fo…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: several, large, wading, birds, genera.
Godwit
noun · 78% connection
One of several species of long-billed, wading birds of the genus Limosa, and family Tringidae. The European black-tailed godwit (Limos…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: several, large, wading, birds, genera.
Guan
noun · 78% connection
Any one of many species of large gallinaceous birds of Central and South America, belonging to Penelope, Pipile, Ortalis, and allied g…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: several, large, wading, birds, genera.
Herodiones
n. pl. · 78% connection
A division of wading birds, including the herons, storks, and allied forms. Called also Herodii.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: several, large, wading, birds, genera.
Heron
noun · 78% connection
Any wading bird of the genus Ardea and allied genera, of the family Ardeidae. The herons have a long, sharp bill, and long legs and to…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: several, large, wading, birds, genera.
Ibis
noun · 78% connection
Any bird of the genus Ibis and several allied genera, of the family Ibidae, inhabiting both the Old World and the New. Numerous specie…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: several, large, wading, birds, genera.
Jacamar
noun · 78% connection
Any one of numerous species of tropical American birds of the genus Galbula and allied genera. They are allied to the kingfishers, but…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: several, large, wading, birds, genera.
Jacana
noun · 78% connection
Any of several wading birds belonging to the genus Jacana and several allied genera, all of which have spurs on the wings. They are ab…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: several, large, wading, birds, genera.
Jay
noun · 78% connection
Any one of the numerous species of birds belonging to Garrulus, Cyanocitta, and allied genera. They are allied to the crows, but are s…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: several, large, wading, birds, genera.
Large
superl. · 78% connection
Exceeding most other things of like kind in bulk, capacity, quantity, superficial dimensions, or number of constituent units; big; gre…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: several, large, wading, birds, genera.
Larva
noun · 78% connection
Any young insect from the time that it hatches from the egg until it becomes a pupa, or chrysalis. During this time it usually molts s…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: several, large, wading, birds, genera.
Linnet
noun · 78% connection
Any one of several species of fringilline birds of the genera Linota, Acanthis, and allied genera, esp. the common European species (L…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: several, large, wading, birds, genera.
Loach
noun · 78% connection
Any one of several small, fresh-water, cyprinoid fishes of the genera Cobitis, Nemachilus, and allied genera, having six or more barbu…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: several, large, wading, birds, genera.
Lobster
noun · 78% connection
Any large macrurous crustacean used as food, esp. those of the genus Homarus; as the American lobster (H. Americanus), and the Europea…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: several, large, wading, birds, genera.
Lorikeet
noun · 78% connection
Any one numerous species of small brush-tongued parrots or lories, found mostly in Australia, New Guinea and the adjacent islands, wit…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: several, large, wading, birds, genera.