“cf. Wikipedia”) widow bird (plural widow birds) Any of several species of birds in the family Viduidae, incorporating whydahs and widow finches. long-tailed...
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See also: Bird and bírd Bird (disambiguation) on Wikipedia (Received Pronunciation) enPR: bû(r)d, IPA(key): /bɜːd/ (General American) IPA(key): /bɜɹd/...
From Zulu isakabuli. sakabula (plural sakabulas) A long-tailed widow bird (Euplectes progne), native to southern Africa kaffir chief (obsolete, now offensive)...
whidah, whyda, wydah Alteration of the first component of widow bird, after Whydah (now Ouidah) in Benin. IPA(key): /ˈ(h)wɪdə/ whydah (plural whydahs)...
vociferus) Mexican whippoorwill (Antrostomus arizonae) bird chuck-will's-widow (Antrostomus carolinensis) “whippoorwill”, in OneLook Dictionary Search...
feathers. (slang) A fish, the baldchin groper. 2019, Demelza Carlton, Ocean's Widow: "Baldies. Baldchin gropers. Tastiest fish I've caught this week," I replied...
Greek φᾱσιανός (phāsianós), meaning “[bird] of the river Φᾶσις (Phâsis)”, from where, it was supposed, the bird spread to the west. Replaced native Old...
Thomas Seltzer (translator), A Christmas Tree and a Wedding She was a poor widow, and her little boy, clad in a sorry-looking little nankeen jacket, looked...
Inherited from Middle English relicte (“widow”), from Middle French relicte (“widow”), from Late Latin relicta (“widow”), from Latin relictus, past participle...