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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun An African bird of the genus Buphaga which frequents the backs of cattle and rhinoceroses to devour ticks. Also called rhinoceros-bird and oxpecker.
  • noun In the West Indies and parts of South America the ani, Crotophaga ani, one of the cuckoos.

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