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noun
- (Music), (Obsolete): One who sings the leading part; the director or leader.
- (Zoí¶logy): A genus of European birds (so named from their sweet notes), including the hedge warbler. In America sometimes applied to the water thrushes.
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| accipiter |
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noun Plural (English): Accipiters<br>
Plural (Latin): Accipitres
- (Zoí¶logy): A genus of rapacious birds; one of the Accipitres or Raptores.
- (Surgery): A bandage applied over the nose, resembling the claw of a hawk
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| accipitral |
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noun - Pertaining to, or of the nature of, a falcon or hawk; hawklike - Lowell
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| adjutant |
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noun
- Military: A lower-ranking officer who assists a higher-ranking officer with administrative affairs
- An assistant.
- A member of the Leptoptilos genus of African storks, also known as marabou.
adjective (no (compar) or (superl))
- The noun used as a modifier (e.g. adjutant officer).
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noun
- The marabou
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| aerie |
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noun - Alternative form of eyrie.
- A Local chapter of the Fraternal Order of Eagles.
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| ALA |
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initialism - Alpha Linolenic Acid
- American Library Association
- Acacia Leadership Academy
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| albatross |
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noun (pl=albatross or albatrosses)
- Any of various large seabirds of the family Diomedeidae ranging widely in the Southern Ocean and the North Pacific and having a hooked beak and long narrow wings.
- (golf) A double eagle, or three under par on any one hole
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| American eagle |
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noun
- A species of eagle native to North America and notable for the white plumage on its head.
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| American kestrel |
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noun
- (zoology) a species of small falcon, Falco sparverius; a kestrel
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| anatine |
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adjective
- (zoology) Pertaining to ducks; ducklike.
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| ani |
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noun
- (context, birds) A bird of the genus Crotophaga in the cuckoo family.
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| anserine |
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adjective
- Pertaining to geese.
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| antbird |
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noun
- Any of various drab-colored South American birds of the order Thamnophilidae that feed on ants.
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| antshrike |
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noun
- several species of bird from the antbird family.
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| Argus |
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proper noun - (greekmyth) A fabulous being of antiquity, said to have had a hundred eyes. His eyes were transplanted to the peacock"s tail. He was a servant of the greek goddess Hera.
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| auk |
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noun
- Any of several species of Arctic sea birds of the family Alcidae.
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| auricular |
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noun
- The little finger, so called because it can be readily introduced into the ear passage.
adjective
- Of or pertaining to the ear, or to the sense of hearing; as, auricular nerves.
- Told in the ear, i. e., told privately; as, auricular confession to the priest.
- Recognized by the ear; known by the sense of hearing; as, auricular evidence.
- Received by the ear; known by report.
- (anatomy) Pertaining to the auricles of the heart.
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| avian |
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noun (wikipedia, Avians)
- A bird.
- A bird-like or flying creature.
adjective
- Characteristic of or pertaining to, birds, bird-like or flying creatures.
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| aviculture |
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noun
- rearing and care of birds.
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| avifauna |
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noun
- The birds, or all the kinds of birds, inhabiting a region.
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| avocet |
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noun
- Any of various shore birds of the genus Recurvirostra that have a long slender upcurved bill, long legs, and webbed feet.
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| axilla |
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noun (plural: axillae)
- The armpit, or the cavity beneath the junction of the arm and shoulder.
- The angle or point of divergence between the upper side of a branch, leaf, or petiole, and the stem or branch from which it springs.
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| axillar |
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noun (axillars, pl2=axillaries)
- (plural, pl.) feather, Feathers connecting the under surface of the wing and the body, and concealed by the closed wing.
adjective
- Of or pertaining to the axilla or armpit; as, axillary lymph node, artery, or nerve.
- Situated in, or rising from, an axil; of or pertaining to an axil.
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| axillary |
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adjective
- Of or pertaining to the axilla or armpit; as, axillary gland, artery, nerve.
- Situated in, or rising from, an axil; of or pertaining to an axil.
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