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A bill or halberd of the 16th and 17th centuries. See 4th Bill.
A small singing bird of the Finch family (Serinus Canarius), a native of the Canary Islands. It was brought to Europe in the 16th century, and made a household pet. It generally has a yellowish body with the wings and tail greenish, but in its wild state it is more frequently of gray or brown color. It is sometimes called canary finch.
Any one of several species of finchlike birds belonging to the genus Vidua, native of Asia and Africa. In the breeding season the male has very long, drooping tail feathers. Called also vida finch, whidah finch, whydah bird, whydah finch, widow bird, and widow finch.
See Whidan bird.
An Asiatic bird (Gracula musica), allied to the starlings. It is black, with a white spot on the wings, and a pair of flat yellow wattles on the head. It is often tamed and taught to pronounce words.
Any aquatic bird; a water fowl.
That part of a bit which is put in a horse's mouth.
Any swimming bird frequenting the sea; a sea fowl.
An Australian bird (Ptilonorhynchus violaceus / holosericeus), allied to the starling, which constructs singular bowers or playhouses of twigs and decorates them with bright-colored objects; the satin bird.
A hedge bill. See under Hedge.
A New Zealand starling (Heteralocha acutirostris), remarkable for the great difference in the form and length of the bill in the two sexes, that of the male being sharp and straight, that of the female much longer and strongly curved.
Any one of two or three species of Australian birds of the genus Menura. The male is remarkable for having the sixteen tail feathers very long and, when spread, arranged in the form of a lyre. The common lyre bird (Menura superba), inhabiting New South Wales, is about the size of a grouse. Its general color is brown, with rufous color on the throat, wings, tail coverts and tail. Called also lyre pheasant and lyre-tail.
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p. pr. & vb. n.
of Bivouac
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Alt. of Hunger-bitten
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Having the bill expanded and spatulate at the end.
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A turn of the cable about the end of the windlass, without the bits.
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Consisting of, or containing, lime and bitumen.
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Having a bill like that of the stork.
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One who bids at an auction in behalf of the auctioneer or owner, for the purpose of running up the price of articles.
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Having a strongly curved bill.
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