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Anseres
n. pl. · 78% connection
A Linnaean order of aquatic birds swimming by means of webbed feet, as the duck, or of lobed feet, as the grebe. In this order were in…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: arctic, bird, fratercula, arctica, allied.
Appellative
noun · 78% connection
A common name, in distinction from a proper name. A common name, or appellative, stands for a whole class, genus, or species of beings…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: arctic, bird, fratercula, arctica, allied.
Arctic
adjective · 78% connection
Pertaining to, or situated under, the northern constellation called the Bear; northern; frigid; as, the arctic pole, circle, region, o…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: arctic, bird, fratercula, arctica, allied.
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: arctic, bird, fratercula, arctica, allied.
Beaked
adjective · 78% connection
Having a beak or a beaklike point; beak-shaped.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: arctic, bird, fratercula, arctica, allied.
Bickern
noun · 78% connection
An anvil ending in a beak or point (orig. in two beaks); also, the beak or horn itself.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: arctic, bird, fratercula, arctica, allied.
Brachypteres
n.pl. · 78% connection
A group of birds, including auks, divers, and penguins.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: arctic, bird, fratercula, arctica, allied.
Brevirostrate
adjective · 78% connection
Short-billed; having a short beak.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: arctic, bird, fratercula, arctica, allied.
Cassican
noun · 78% connection
An American bird of the genus Cassicus, allied to the starlings and orioles, remarkable for its skillfully constructed and suspended n…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: arctic, bird, fratercula, arctica, allied.
Cere
noun · 78% connection
The soft naked sheath at the base of the beak of birds of prey, parrots, and some other birds. See Beak.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: arctic, bird, fratercula, arctica, allied.
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: arctic, bird, fratercula, arctica, allied.
Cockatoo
noun · 78% connection
A bird of the Parrot family, of the subfamily Cacatuinae, having a short, strong, and much curved beak, and the head ornamented with a…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: arctic, bird, fratercula, arctica, allied.
Dinosauria
n. pl. · 78% connection
An order of extinct mesozoic reptiles, mostly of large size (whence the name). Notwithstanding their size, they present birdlike chara…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: arctic, bird, fratercula, arctica, allied.
Flute a bec
unknown · 78% connection
A beak flute, an older form of the flute, played with a mouthpiece resembling a beak, and held like a flageolet.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: arctic, bird, fratercula, arctica, allied.
Guillemot
noun · 78% connection
One of several northern sea birds, allied to the auks. They have short legs, placed far back, and are expert divers and swimmers.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: arctic, bird, fratercula, arctica, allied.
Hippopotamus
noun · 78% connection
A large, amphibious, herbivorous mammal (Hippopotamus amphibius), common in the rivers of Africa. It is allied to the hogs, and has a…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: arctic, bird, fratercula, arctica, allied.
Horn
noun · 78% connection
Any natural projection or excrescence from an animal, resembling or thought to resemble a horn in substance or form; esp.: (a) A proje…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: arctic, bird, fratercula, arctica, allied.
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: arctic, bird, fratercula, arctica, allied.
