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Etymologies
- From scientific Latin Alcidae. (Wiktionary)
Examples
“The alcid wing shape, which is small and pointed, is a compromise between features that allow aerial flight and those that are ideal for underwater swimming.”
“Some smaller alcid species visit breeding colonies only at night, coming and going under the protective cover of twilight or full darkness.”
“As mentioned above, many alcid species are flexible as to the exact species of prey that they consume.”
“How an alcid from the Pacific Ocean ended up north Kent, at a nature reserve known as Oare Marshes to be exact, might never be known, but birders, to use a regretfully common description, are "flocking" to see the rarity.”
“Normally found off eastern Canada and New England, this alcid comes this far south only rarely.”
“Basically, he's declared a big-time tie between, well, four alcid species (”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘alcid’.
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birds
birds with singular names from
at least 9 English dictionariesaasvogel, aberdevine, accentor, accipiter, aepyornis, agami, albatross, alcatras, alcid, alcidine, amadavat, amokura and 1056 more...
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I Can't Believe It's Not Listed
Words that, at the I put them here, weren't being listed by anyone else in the entire universe.
vagus, neoplanet, fadiddy, cazique, catastroika, circumciser, commonplace book, danseuse, ecopod, dichloroacetate, underlay, overlay and 374 more...
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Things Avian
Wordies relating to birdies. :-)
calidrid, corvid, avian, avifauna, beak, brood, aerie, altricial, albumen, winged, wattle, covey and 217 more...
Tweets
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