Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A kind of plover, Anarhynchus frontalis, of New Zealand, having the bill bent sidewise. See second cut under plover.
Wiktionary
- n. A species of small bird in the plover family Charadriidae, unique in having a beak that is bent sideways, endemic to New Zealand.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. (Zoöl.) See crookbill.
Etymologies
- From wry + bill (Wiktionary)
Examples
“Up to 74 shorebird species have been sighted here, with a peak of 40,000 migratory birds utilizing the Firth at one time, including the New Zealand dotterel (Charadrius obscurus VU) and more than half of New Zealand's wrybill population.”
“Other birds with no close relatives beyond New Zealand found in the area include: blue duck Hymenolaimus malacorhynchos, wrybill Anarhynchus frontalis and western weka Gallirallus australis.”
Te Wahipounamu (South-West New Zealand World Heritage Area), New Zealand
“River bed invertebrates support a diverse birdlife including wrybill Anarhynchus frontalis, paradise shelduck Tadorna variegata, black-billed gull, black-fronted tern Sterna albistriata and banded dotterel Pluvialis obscura.”
Te Wahipounamu (South-West New Zealand World Heritage Area), New Zealand
“This makes it difficult for wading birds such as the endemic wrybill (Anarhynchus frontalis) and the black stilt to feed.”
“The indicator species are: kiwi, kākā, kākako, māhua, and wrybill (birds), the short-tailed bat, and the dactylanthus (a parasitic flowering plant).”
“He takes us out into the mud flats where we spot the wrybill, a strange and rare NZ bird with a long beak twisted up and to one side.”
Lists
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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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wry
Oh wry rie-awry
avowry, chowry, Newry, wryneck, wrying, wrybill, outlawry, inlawry, cowry, ewry, awry, wrythen and 10 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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