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  • noun Plural form of avian.

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Examples

  • There were almost no traces of Seeker activity, but both Cabe and Gwen knew that meant nothing; the avians were a secretive race and quite adept at covering their trails.

    LEGENDS OF THE DRAGONREALM Richard A. Knaak 2009

  • There were almost no traces of Seeker activity, but both Cabe and Gwen knew that meant nothing; the avians were a secretive race and quite adept at covering their trails.

    LEGENDS OF THE DRAGONREALM Richard A. Knaak 2009

  • There were almost no traces of Seeker activity, but both Cabe and Gwen knew that meant nothing; the avians were a secretive race and quite adept at covering their trails.

    LEGENDS OF THE DRAGONREALM Richard A. Knaak 2009

  • Appropriate choice of metaphor there, too, given that the avians in question are the members of the antiwar movement, who have been quietly fuming for the last two and a half years or so that Democratic Congressional majorities did not translate into immediate surrender and retreat from Iraq and Afghanistan.

    Rep. Maxine Waters (D): Let’s primary Blue Dogs. - Moe_Lane’s blog - RedState 2009

  • Snakecharm A surprising union has brought peace to the avians and serpiente.

    WEEKLY BOOK RELEASES FOR JANUARY 10TH | Open Society Book Club Discussions and Reviews 2010

  • A surprising union has brought peace to the avians and serpiente.

    New Releases for Paranormal Romance & Urban Fantasy for the week of January 12, 2010 Donna 2010

  • "Of course, we'd need to have one of those avians of yours, Varian, to discover if it requires carotene," Trizein was saying as if he didn't realize that Varian had left the lab.

    Cattle Town 2010

  • He'd get a pepper to pick his energy level up, and he'd get a bit of a breather while he made contact with the avians.

    Cattle Town 2010

  •   He scatters fist-fulls across the pavement to the raucous gaggle of avians worshiping at his feet.

    Moonlit Mariposa 2010

  • Nothing against polar avians, Skip thought, but how out of it could one guy be?

    The Lampshade Mark Jacobson 2010

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