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21bird — birdless, adj. /berrd/, n. 1. any warm blooded vertebrate of the class Aves, having a body covered with feathers, forelimbs modified into wings, scaly legs, a beak, and no teeth, and bearing young in a hard shelled egg. 2. a fowl or game bird. 3 …
22Bird — /berrd/, n. Larry, born 1956, U.S. basketball player. * * * I Any of the warm blooded, beaked vertebrates of the class Aves, including more than 9,600 living species. A covering of feathers distinguishes birds from all other animals. Birds have a …
23Russet Sparrow — Male in Kullu, India Conservation status …
24Hamadryas (butterfly) — The genus name Hamadryas has been invalidly established for many other genera, including other butterflies. For details, see Hamadryas. Cracker butterflies Hamadryas amphinome (The red cracker) …
25Tadorninae — Taxobox name = Tadorninae image width = 250px image caption = The Blue Duck or whio , a peculiar shelduck from New Zealand regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Aves ordo = Anseriformes familia = Anatidae subfamilia = Tadorninae… …
26coraciiform — [kôr΄ə sī′ə fôrm΄] adj. 〚< ModL Coracii, name of the suborder < Gr korax,RAVEN1 + FORM〛 of or belonging to an order (Coraciiformes) of birds with a strong, sharp bill, fused front toes, and usually bright coloration, as the kingfishers, bee… …
27Great Grey Shrike — Nominate subspecies Lanius excubitor excubitor Note Striped Field Mouse (Apodemus agrarius) prey propped up on thorn Conservation status …
28Origin of avian flight — The Berlin Archaeopteryx, one of the earliest known birds. Evolution of flight redirects here. See also flying and gliding animals and insect flight. Around 350 BCE, Aristotle and other philosophers of the time were attempting to explain the… …
29duck — duck1 /duk/, n., pl. ducks, (esp. collectively for 1, 2) duck. 1. any of numerous wild or domesticated web footed swimming birds of the family Anatidae, esp. of the genus Anas and allied genera, characterized by abroad, flat bill, short legs, and …
30anseriform — ▪ bird order Introduction any of the 150 species comprising the bird order Anseriformes, which comprises the ducks (duck), geese (goose), and swans (swan) (family Anatidae) and the screamers (the three species of family Anhimidae). Anatidae… …
