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  • 111butch|er|bird — «BUCH uhr BURD», noun. any one of various large shrikes that fasten their prey on thorns; northern shrike …

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  • 112Harpagus (bird) — Taxobox name = Harpagus image caption = image width = regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Aves ordo = Ciconiiformes familia = Accipitridae genus = Harpagus genus authority = Vigors, 1824 subdivision ranks = Species subdivision = H.… …

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  • 113Diving bird — Diving birds are birds which plunge into water to catch fish or other food. They may enter the water from flight, as does the brown pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis), or they may dive from the surface of the water. More than likely they evolved… …

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  • 114butcher-bird — noun 1》 a shrike, so called from its habit of impaling prey on thorns. 2》 a crow like predacious Australasian songbird, with a heavy hook tipped bill. [Genus Cracticus: several species.] …

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  • 115butcher-bird — ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun Etymology: so called from their habit of impaling their prey on thorns : any of various shrikes: as a. : a member of the genus Lanius (especially the common European species L. excubitor and in America the northern shrike L.… …

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  • 116os·prey — /ˈɑːspri, ˈɑːˌspreı/ noun, pl preys [count] : a large bird that eats fish …

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  • 117spectacled owl — ▪ bird       nocturnal bird of prey found in tropical American forests and named for the white feathers around its eyes. This owl, measuring up to 48 cm (19 inches) in length, is the largest tropical American owl. It is chocolate brown except for …

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  • 118nocturnal raptors — bird of prey that hunts at night …

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  • 119Klingon starships — In the Star Trek franchise, the Klingon Empire makes use of several classes of starships. As the Klingons are portrayed as a warrior culture, driven by the pursuit of honor and glory, the Empire is shown to use warships almost exclusively. This… …

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  • 120falconiform — /fawl koh neuh fawrm , fal , faw koh , fawl keuh neuh , fal , faw keuh /, adj. of, pertaining to, or belonging to the order Falconiformes, comprising the vultures, hawks, eagles, ospreys, falcons, caracaras, etc. [ < NL falconiformes; see FALCON …

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