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any of certain small sandpipers, especially the dunlin (q.v.). In Africa the buffalo weaver (q.v.) and the oxpecker are called oxbirds.
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Oxbird — Ox bird , n. (Zo[ o]l.) (a) The dunlin. (b) The sanderling. (c) An African weaver bird ({Textor alector}). [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Oxbird — Wikipedia does not have an encyclopedia article for Oxbird (search results). You may want to read Wiktionary s entry on oxbird instead.wiktionary:Special:Search/oxbird … Wikipedia
oxbird — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun 1. : dunlin 2. dialect England : the sanderling or other sandpiper 3. : an African weaverbird (Bubalornis albirostris) 4. : oxpecker … Useful english dictionary
Textor alector — Oxbird Ox bird , n. (Zo[ o]l.) (a) The dunlin. (b) The sanderling. (c) An African weaver bird ({Textor alector}). [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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buffalo weaver — ▪ bird either of the two African birds constituting the subfamily Bubalornithinae of the family Ploceidae. The more widespread species is the black buffalo weaver, or oxbird (Bubalornis albirostris); it is black, with white in the wings. The… … Universalium
