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  • Given the thin legs and chicken-like feet, I think it's most likely some sort of wader.

    Where do dead birds go? — Part 48B AYDIN 2009

  • Dr. Bronfort said a neck-retraction exercise, or chicken-like maneuver of the head, in which a people pull their heads back and then tilt their chins slightly downward "seemed to be especially useful."

    Neck Pain? Skip the Pills, Just Stretch Like a Chicken Jennifer Corbett Dooren 2012

  • The beak's a little smaller than before (though purposefully more eagle-like than chicken-like) and he's spikier.

    GUIDOLON 3D model - more thoughts? frankwu 2008

  • The Eyeborgs themselves, designed by CGI artist Chris Watson, are stylish creations - these innocent, chicken-like walking webcams follow the cast from room to room or track them from the rooftops, and prove both deadly and mischievous despite the fact that any individual cam can be shattered by a good swing with a 5 iron.

    Archive 2009-05-01 Sci-Fi Gene 2009

  • The Eyeborgs themselves, designed by CGI artist Chris Watson, are stylish creations - these innocent, chicken-like walking webcams follow the cast from room to room or track them from the rooftops, and prove both deadly and mischievous despite the fact that any individual cam can be shattered by a good swing with a 5 iron.

    Will they ever learn? [Review: Eyeborgs] Sci-Fi Gene 2009

  • The cake at the top of your post looks eerily chicken-like.

    The End of Sweetness Jen 2009

  • Stove Top is nothing more than wood chips and saw dust with chicken-like flavor.

    Dlisted - Be Very Afraid 2009

  • These chicken-like birds build mounds in which they bury their eggs, and, three months later, the young explode out of the mound already feathered in adult plumage.

    Biological diversity in Wallacea 2008

  • The result is a moist, chicken-like taste to the albacore tuna.

    Archive 2008-08-01 e d b m 2008

  • The result is a moist, chicken-like taste to the albacore tuna.

    Palate Food & Wine, Glendale - Dining in David Lynch's Dining Room e d b m 2008

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