Scratcher: alternatives and connections

Having ears or appendages like ears; eared. Esp.: (a) (Bot.) Having lobes or appendages like the ear; shaped like the ear; auricled. (…

A bird of the family Bucconidae, allied to the Cuckoos, having a large, conical beak swollen at the base, and bearded with five bunche…

The bill or nib of a bird, consisting of a horny sheath, covering the jaws. The form varied much according to the food and habits of t…

To tear with the nails; to cover with scratches.

Marked with spots resembling bird's eyes; as, bird's-eye diaper; bird's-eye maple.

A sound made in imitation of the note or cry of a bird for the purpose of decoying the bird or its mate.

An Australian bird (Ptilonorhynchus violaceus / holosericeus), allied to the starling, which constructs singular bowers or playhouses…

A common American singing bird (Harporhynchus rufus), allied to the mocking bird; -- also called brown thrasher.

A bird of the genus Pyrrhula and other related genera, especially the P. vulgaris / rubicilla, a bird of Europe allied to the grosbeak…

A bird confined in a cage; esp. a young bird.

Calciferous. Specifically: (Zool.) of or pertaining to the portion of the oviduct which forms the eggshell in birds and reptiles.

The cry of a bird; also a noise or cry in imitation of a bird; or a pipe to call birds by imitating their note or cry.

An American bird of the genus Cassicus, allied to the starlings and orioles, remarkable for its skillfully constructed and suspended n…

A large bird, of the genus Casuarius, found in the east Indies. It is smaller and stouter than the ostrich. Its head is armed with a k…

An American bird (Galeoscoptes Carolinensis), allied to the mocking bird, and like it capable of imitating the notes of other birds, b…

A bird of Europe (Fringilla coelebs), having a variety of very sweet songs, and highly valued as a cage bird; -- called also copper fi…

A bird of the family Ampelidae -- so called from its monotonous note. The Bohemion chatterer (Ampelis garrulus) inhabits the arctic re…

Surrounding the esophagus; -- in Zool. said of the nerve commissures and ganglia of arthropods and mollusks.