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Aucupation :: Aucupation (n.) Birdcatching; fowling.

Snowbird :: Snowbird (n.) Any finch of the genus Junco which appears in flocks in winter time, especially J. hyemalis in the Eastern United States; -- called also blue snowbird. See Junco..

Goldfinch :: Goldfinch (n.) A beautiful bright-colored European finch (Carduelis elegans). The name refers to the large patch of yellow on the wings. The front of the head and throat are bright red; the nape, with part of the wings and tail, black; -- called also goldspink, goldie, fool's coat, drawbird, draw-water, thistle finch, and sweet William..

Gallinule :: Gallinule (n.) One of several wading birds, having long, webless toes, and a frontal shield, belonging to the family Rallidae. They are remarkable for running rapidly over marshes and on floating plants. The purple gallinule of America is Ionornis Martinica, that of the Old World is Porphyrio porphyrio. The common European gallinule (Gallinula chloropus) is also called moor hen, water hen, water rail, moor coot, night bird, and erroneously dabchick. Closely related to it is the Florida gallinule

Rocketer :: Rocketer (n.) A bird, especially a pheasant, which, being flushed, rises straight in the air like a rocket..

Albuminin :: Albuminin (n.) The substance of the cells which inclose the white of birds' eggs.

Parauque :: Parauque (n.) A bird (Nyctidromus albicollis) ranging from Texas to South America. It is allied to the night hawk and goatsucker.

Gradient :: Gradient (a.) Adapted for walking, as the feet of certain birds..

Bird''s-eye :: Bird's-eye (a.) Seen from above, as if by a flying bird; embraced at a glance; hence, general; not minute, or entering into details; as, a bird's-eye view..

Amnion :: Amnion (n.) A thin membrane surrounding the embryos of mammals, birds, and reptiles..

Flight :: Flight (n.) A number of beings or things passing through the air together; especially, a flock of birds flying in company; the birds that fly or migrate together; the birds produced in one season; as, a flight of arrows..

Hematotherma :: Hematotherma (n. pl.) The warm-blooded vertebrates, comprising the mammals and birds; -- the antithesis to hematocrya..

Odontotormae :: Odontotormae (n.pl.) An order of extinct toothed birds having the teeth in sockets, as in the genus Ichthyornis. See Ichthyornis..

Zoomelanin :: Zoomelanin (n.) A pigment giving the black color to the feathers of many birds.

Wing :: Wing (n.) Any appendage resembling the wing of a bird or insect in shape or appearance.

Rapacious :: Rapacious (a.) Accustomed to seize food; subsisting on prey, or animals seized by violence; as, a tiger is a rapacious animal; a rapacious bird..

Passeres :: Passeres (n. pl.) An order, or suborder, of birds, including more that half of all the known species. It embraces all singing birds (Oscines), together with many other small perching birds..

Plumage :: Plumage (n.) The entire clothing of a bird.

Wheelbird :: Wheelbird (n.) The European goatsucker.

Palmidactyles :: Palmidactyles (n. pl.) A group of wading birds having the toes webbed, as the avocet..

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