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Ano
noun · 78% connection
A black bird of tropical America, the West Indies and Florida (Crotophaga ani), allied to the cuckoos, and remarkable for communistic…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: large, african, wading, bird, balaeniceps.
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: large, african, wading, bird, balaeniceps.
Bittern
noun · 78% connection
A wading bird of the genus Botaurus, allied to the herons, of various species.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: large, african, wading, bird, balaeniceps.
Boatbill
noun · 78% connection
A wading bird (Cancroma cochlearia) of the tropical parts of South America. Its bill is somewhat like a boat with the keel uppermost.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: large, african, wading, bird, balaeniceps.
Broad
superl. · 78% connection
Wide; extend in breadth, or from side to side; -- opposed to narrow; as, a broad street, a broad table; an inch broad.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: large, african, wading, bird, balaeniceps.
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: large, african, wading, bird, balaeniceps.
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: large, african, wading, bird, balaeniceps.
Coot
noun · 78% connection
A wading bird with lobate toes, of the genus Fulica.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: large, african, wading, bird, balaeniceps.
Courlan
noun · 78% connection
wading bird of South America and Central America
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: large, african, wading, bird, balaeniceps.
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: large, african, wading, bird, balaeniceps.
Curlew
noun · 78% connection
A wading bird of the genus Numenius, remarkable for its long, slender, curved bill.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: large, african, wading, bird, balaeniceps.
Dabchick
noun · 78% connection
A small water bird (Podilymbus podiceps), allied to the grebes, remarkable for its quickness in diving; -- called also dapchick, dobch…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: large, african, wading, bird, balaeniceps.
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: large, african, wading, bird, balaeniceps.
Diver
noun · 78% connection
Any bird of certain genera, as Urinator (formerly Colymbus), or the allied genus Colymbus, or Podiceps, remarkable for their agility i…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: large, african, wading, bird, balaeniceps.
Drome
noun · 78% connection
The crab plover (Dromas ardeola), a peculiar North African bird, allied to the oyster catcher.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: large, african, wading, bird, balaeniceps.
Fennec
noun · 78% connection
A small, African, foxlike animal (Vulpes zerda) of a pale fawn color, remarkable for the large size of its ears.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: large, african, wading, bird, balaeniceps.
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: large, african, wading, bird, balaeniceps.
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: large, african, wading, bird, balaeniceps.
