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- n. The pectoral sandpiper, Tringa (Actodromas)maculata: so called from its puffing out its breast like a walrus during the breeding-season. See cut under sandpiper.
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See cut under
A list of words with definitions directing us to "see cut under" (or "see cut at") another definition (with hilarity occasionally ensuing).
Compare compare-cut-under.spider, scorpion, spoonbill, spur, tooth, feather, gnat, beard, gyrate, astragal, jog, countercheck and 92 more...
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flotilla
selected vessel names from my fleet of dirigible men-of-war—each abrim with mitrailleuse, canon abusier and divers opticks
(see steampunk to understand how weird I am getting)Breechclout, Widdershins, Harm's Way, Demogorgon, Phlogiston, Cinq-trou, Zephyr, Effractor, Wayfarer, Helios, Empyrean, Archbishop Laud and 85 more...
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