Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. Any of several birds having long sharply curved bills, as Falculea palliata, a passerine bird of Madagascar, and Hemignathus procerus, a Hawaiian honeycreeper.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A name of various birds whose bill is sickle-shaped or falciform; a saberbill. Those of the genera Drepanis, Drepanornis, and some allied forms.
- n. The California thrasher, Harporhynchus redivivus.
Wiktionary
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. Any one of three species of humming birds of the genus Eutoxeres, native of Central and South America. They have a long and strongly curved bill. Called also the
sickle-billed hummer . - n. A curlew.
- n. A bird of the genus Epimachus and allied genera.
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Mahalo Hawaiʻi
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wahine, Diamond Head, Kilauea, D. Haw., Aiea, kapa, wauke, mamaki, kukui, kolokolo, koko, ilima and 123 more...
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birds
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at least 9 English dictionariesaasvogel, aberdevine, accentor, accipiter, aepyornis, agami, albatross, alcatras, alcid, alcidine, amadavat, amokura and 1056 more...
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Bird Wirds: Sundry Nicknames
A list of birders' "shorthand" names, traditional nicknames, non-English names, and obsolete names for feathered creatures worldwide.
Interesting blog entry here on naming U.S. birds.welsh ambassador, goatsucker, french magpie, timberdoodle, butterbutt, popinjay, logcock, old cranky, long john, sprog, butterbum, wedgie and 697 more...
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Still More Bird Wirds
A work in progress....Birds from around the world (other than endemic to North America).
barbet, hornbill, trogon, bee-eater, bristlehead, wren-babbler, stubtail, blackeye, bush warbler, cassowary, bowerbird, bird-of-paradise and 722 more...
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reesetee Also a type of bird of paradise. Dec 20, 2007
reesetee Obsolete name for the Long-Billed Curlew. Dec 7, 2007