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Archaeopteryx
noun · 78% connection
A fossil bird, of the Jurassic period, remarkable for having a long tapering tail of many vertebrae with feathers along each side, and…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: long, spatulate, racket-shaped, tail, feathers.
Curtail dog
unknown · 78% connection
A dog with a docked tail; formerly, the dog of a person not qualified to course, which, by the forest laws, must have its tail cut sho…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: long, spatulate, racket-shaped, tail, feathers.
Dock
noun · 78% connection
A genus of plants (Rumex), some species of which are well-known weeds which have a long taproot and are difficult of extermination.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: long, spatulate, racket-shaped, tail, feathers.
Emu wren
unknown · 78% connection
A small wrenlike Australian bird (Stipiturus malachurus), having the tail feathers long and loosely barbed, like emu feathers.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: long, spatulate, racket-shaped, tail, feathers.
Feather
noun · 78% connection
One of the peculiar dermal appendages, of several kinds, belonging to birds, as contour feathers, quills, and down.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: long, spatulate, racket-shaped, tail, feathers.
Feathered
imp. & p. p. · 78% connection
of Feather
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: long, spatulate, racket-shaped, tail, feathers.
Feathery
adjective · 78% connection
Pertaining to, or resembling, feathers; covered with, or as with, feathers; as, feathery spray or snow.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: long, spatulate, racket-shaped, tail, feathers.
Fledge
verb · 78% connection
Feathered; furnished with feathers or wings; able to fly.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: long, spatulate, racket-shaped, tail, feathers.
Jacobin
noun · 78% connection
A Dominican friar; -- so named because, before the French Revolution, that order had a convent in the Rue St. Jacques, Paris.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: long, spatulate, racket-shaped, tail, feathers.
Kingbird
noun · 78% connection
A small American bird (Tyrannus tyrannus, or T. Carolinensis), noted for its courage in attacking larger birds, even hawks and eagles,…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: long, spatulate, racket-shaped, tail, feathers.
Lacrosse
noun · 78% connection
A game of ball, originating among the North American Indians, now the popular field sport of Canada, and played also in England and th…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: long, spatulate, racket-shaped, tail, feathers.
Lion
noun · 78% connection
A large carnivorous feline mammal (Felis leo), found in Southern Asia and in most parts of Africa, distinct varieties occurring in the…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: long, spatulate, racket-shaped, tail, feathers.
Long
superl. · 78% connection
Drawn out in a line, or in the direction of length; protracted; extended; as, a long line; -- opposed to short, and distinguished from…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: long, spatulate, racket-shaped, tail, feathers.
Long-lived
adjective · 78% connection
Having a long life; having constitutional peculiarities which make long life probable; lasting long; as, a long-lived tree; they are a…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: long, spatulate, racket-shaped, tail, feathers.
Lyrated
adjective · 78% connection
Lyre-shaped, or spatulate and oblong, with small lobes toward the base; as, a lyrate leaf.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: long, spatulate, racket-shaped, tail, feathers.
Lyre bird
unknown · 78% connection
Any one of two or three species of Australian birds of the genus Menura. The male is remarkable for having the sixteen tail feathers v…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: long, spatulate, racket-shaped, tail, feathers.
Motmot
noun · 78% connection
Any one of several species of long-tailed, passerine birds of the genus Momotus, having a strong serrated beak. In most of the species…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: long, spatulate, racket-shaped, tail, feathers.
Muskrat
noun · 78% connection
A North American aquatic fur-bearing rodent (Fiber zibethicus). It resembles a rat in color and having a long scaly tail, but the tail…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: long, spatulate, racket-shaped, tail, feathers.
