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Albatross
noun · 78% connection
A web-footed bird, of the genus Diomedea, of which there are several species. They are the largest of sea birds, capable of long-conti…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: zealand, rail, ocydromus, australis, wings.
Apteryx
noun · 78% connection
A genus of New Zealand birds about the size of a hen, with only short rudiments of wings, armed with a claw and without a tail; the ki…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: zealand, rail, ocydromus, australis, wings.
Aurora
noun · 78% connection
The rising light of the morning; the dawn of day; the redness of the sky just before the sun rises.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: zealand, rail, ocydromus, australis, wings.
Balancer
noun · 78% connection
One who balances, or uses a balance.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: zealand, rail, ocydromus, australis, wings.
Brevipennate
adjective · 78% connection
Short-winged; -- applied to birds which can not fly, owing to their short wings, as the ostrich, cassowary, and emu.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: zealand, rail, ocydromus, australis, wings.
Dermopteran
noun · 78% connection
An insect which has the anterior pair of wings coriaceous, and does not use them in flight, as the earwig.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: zealand, rail, ocydromus, australis, wings.
Dodo
noun · 78% connection
A large, extinct bird (Didus ineptus), formerly inhabiting the Island of Mauritius. It had short, half-fledged wings, like those of th…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: zealand, rail, ocydromus, australis, wings.
Eagle
noun · 78% connection
Any large, rapacious bird of the Falcon family, esp. of the genera Aquila and Haliaeetus. The eagle is remarkable for strength, size,…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: zealand, rail, ocydromus, australis, wings.
Euplexoptera
n. pl. · 78% connection
An order of insects, including the earwig. The anterior wings are short, in the form of elytra, while the posterior wings fold up bene…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: zealand, rail, ocydromus, australis, wings.
Falcon
noun · 78% connection
One of a family (Falconidae) of raptorial birds, characterized by a short, hooked beak, strong claws, and powerful flight.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: zealand, rail, ocydromus, australis, wings.
Fomalhaut
noun · 78% connection
A star of the first magnitude, in the constellation Piscis Australis, or Southern Fish.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: zealand, rail, ocydromus, australis, wings.
Grass tree
unknown · 78% connection
An Australian plant of the genus Xanthorrhoea, having a thick trunk crowned with a dense tuft of pendulous, grasslike leaves, from the…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: zealand, rail, ocydromus, australis, wings.
Halter
noun · 78% connection
One who halts or limps; a cripple.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: zealand, rail, ocydromus, australis, wings.
Hegira
noun · 78% connection
The flight of Mohammed from Mecca, September 13, A. D. 622 (subsequently established as the first year of the Moslem era); hence, any…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: zealand, rail, ocydromus, australis, wings.
Impennes
n. pl. · 78% connection
An order of birds, including only the penguins, in which the wings are without quills, and not suited for flight.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: zealand, rail, ocydromus, australis, wings.
Kakapo
noun · 78% connection
A singular nocturnal parrot (Strigops habroptilus), native of New Zealand. It lives in holes during the day, but is active at night. I…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: zealand, rail, ocydromus, australis, wings.
Kauri
noun · 78% connection
A lofty coniferous tree of New Zealand Agathis, / Dammara, australis), furnishing valuable timber and yielding one kind of dammar resi…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: zealand, rail, ocydromus, australis, wings.
Kiwikiwi
noun · 78% connection
Any species of Apteryx, esp. A. australis; -- so called in imitation of its notes. Called also kiwi. See Apteryx.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: zealand, rail, ocydromus, australis, wings.
