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Adjutant
noun · 78% connection
A species of very large stork (Ciconia argala), a native of India; -- called also the gigantic crane, and by the native name argala. I…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: bird, genus, anastomus, allied, stork.
Analogue
noun · 78% connection
A species or genus in one country closely related to a species of the same genus, or a genus of the same group, in another: such speci…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: bird, genus, anastomus, allied, stork.
Argus
noun · 78% connection
A genus of East Indian pheasants. The common species (A. giganteus) is remarkable for the great length and beauty of the wing and tail…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: bird, genus, anastomus, allied, stork.
Badger
noun · 78% connection
A carnivorous quadruped of the genus Meles or of an allied genus. It is a burrowing animal, with short, thick legs, and long claws on…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: bird, genus, anastomus, allied, stork.
Barbet
noun · 78% connection
A bird of the family Bucconidae, allied to the Cuckoos, having a large, conical beak swollen at the base, and bearded with five bunche…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: bird, genus, anastomus, allied, stork.
Basi-
unknown · 78% connection
A combining form, especially in anatomical and botanical words, to indicate the base or position at or near a base; forming a base; as…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: bird, genus, anastomus, allied, stork.
Basking shark
unknown · 78% connection
One of the largest species of sharks (Cetorhinus maximus), so called from its habit of basking in the sun; the liver shark, or bone sh…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: bird, genus, anastomus, allied, stork.
Bill
noun · 78% connection
Any paper, containing a statement of particulars; as, a bill of charges or expenditures; a weekly bill of mortality; a bill of fare, e…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: bird, genus, anastomus, allied, stork.
Chatterer
noun · 78% connection
A bird of the family Ampelidae -- so called from its monotonous note. The Bohemion chatterer (Ampelis garrulus) inhabits the arctic re…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: bird, genus, anastomus, allied, stork.
Chough
noun · 78% connection
A bird of the Crow family (Fregilus graculus) of Europe. It is of a black color, with a long, slender, curved bill and red legs; -- al…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: bird, genus, anastomus, allied, stork.
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: bird, genus, anastomus, allied, stork.
Creeper
noun · 78% connection
A small bird of the genus Certhia, allied to the wrens. The brown or common European creeper is C. familiaris, a variety of which (var…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: bird, genus, anastomus, allied, stork.
Cultirostral
adjective · 78% connection
Having a bill shaped like the colter of a plow, or like a knife, as the heron, stork, etc.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: bird, genus, anastomus, allied, stork.
Dado
noun · 78% connection
In any wall, that part of the basement included between the base and the base course. See Base course, under Base.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: bird, genus, anastomus, allied, stork.
Fierasfer
noun · 78% connection
A genus of small, slender fishes, remarkable for their habit of living as commensals in other animals. One species inhabits the gill c…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: bird, genus, anastomus, allied, stork.
Flamingo
noun · 78% connection
large pink to scarlet web-footed wading bird with down-bent bill; inhabits brackish lakes
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: bird, genus, anastomus, allied, stork.
Grayling
adjective · 78% connection
A European fish (Thymallus vulgaris), allied to the trout, but having a very broad dorsal fin; -- called also umber. It inhabits cold…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: bird, genus, anastomus, allied, stork.
Grunt
noun · 78% connection
Any one of several species of American food fishes, of the genus Haemulon, allied to the snappers, as, the black grunt (A. Plumieri),…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: bird, genus, anastomus, allied, stork.
