bottom-feeding
(ˈbɒt əm)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
the activities of a bottom feeder.
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eriosoma lanigerum
(woolly apple aphid, American blight, Eriosoma lanigerum)
Princeton's WordNet
primarily a bark feeder on aerial parts and roots of apple and other trees
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woolly apple aphid
(woolly apple aphid, American blight, Eriosoma lanigerum)
Princeton's WordNet
primarily a bark feeder on aerial parts and roots of apple and other trees
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american blight
(woolly apple aphid, American blight, Eriosoma lanigerum)
Princeton's WordNet
primarily a bark feeder on aerial parts and roots of apple and other trees
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trencher-man
Webster Dictionary
a feeder; a great eater; a gormandizer
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viander
Webster Dictionary
a feeder; an eater; also, one who provides viands, or food; a host
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gormand
Webster Dictionary
a greedy or ravenous eater; a luxurious feeder; a gourmand
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mallophaga
Webster Dictionary
an extensive group of insects which are parasitic on birds and mammals, and feed on the feathers and hair; -- called also bird lice. See bird louse, under bird
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bird's-eye
Webster Dictionary
marked with spots resembling bird's eyes; as, bird's-eye diaper; bird's-eye maple
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pane
Webster Dictionary
in irrigating, a subdivision of an irrigated surface between a feeder and an outlet drain
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decoy
(ˈkʌp əl)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
an artificial bird or a trained bird or other animal used to entice game into a trap or within gunshot.
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game bird
(ɪm)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
any bird hunted chiefly for sport, as a quail or pheasant, esp. such a bird protected by game laws.
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bottom-fisher
(ˈbɒt əm)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
bottom feeder (defs. 2, 3).
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tread
(ɛd)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
(of a male bird) to copulate with (a female bird).
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band
(band, ring)
Princeton's WordNet
a strip of material attached to the leg of a bird to identify it (as in studies of bird migration)
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ring
(band, ring)
Princeton's WordNet
a strip of material attached to the leg of a bird to identify it (as in studies of bird migration)
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pecking order
(ˈpɛk ərˌwʊd)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
Also, peck order. a dominance hierarchy of domestic poultry in which each bird's status is maintained by pecking a bird of lower status.
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ostrich
(ostrich, Struthio camelus)
Princeton's WordNet
fast-running African flightless bird with two-toed feet; largest living bird
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struthio camelus
(ostrich, Struthio camelus)
Princeton's WordNet
fast-running African flightless bird with two-toed feet; largest living bird
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raptor
(ˈræp tər, -tɔr)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a raptorial bird; bird of prey.
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hen
(ɛn)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
the female of any bird, esp. of a gallinaceous bird.
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waterfowl
(ˈwɔ tərˌfaʊl, ˈwɒt ər-)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a water bird, esp. a swimming bird.
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plain wanderer
(plain wanderer, Pedionomus torquatus)
Princeton's WordNet
small Australian bird related to the button quail; classified as wading bird but inhabits plains
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pedionomus torquatus
(plain wanderer, Pedionomus torquatus)
Princeton's WordNet
small Australian bird related to the button quail; classified as wading bird but inhabits plains
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resplendent trogon
(resplendent quetzel, resplendent trogon, Pharomacrus mocino)
Princeton's WordNet
very rare Central American bird; the national bird of Guatemala
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pharomacrus mocino
(resplendent quetzel, resplendent trogon, Pharomacrus mocino)
Princeton's WordNet
very rare Central American bird; the national bird of Guatemala
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resplendent quetzel
(resplendent quetzel, resplendent trogon, Pharomacrus mocino)
Princeton's WordNet
very rare Central American bird; the national bird of Guatemala
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chatterer
Webster Dictionary
a bird of the family Ampelidae -- so called from its monotonous note. The Bohemion chatterer (Ampelis garrulus) inhabits the arctic regions of both continents. In America the cedar bird is a more common species. See Bohemian chatterer, and Cedar bird
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tinamou
(tinamou, partridge)
Princeton's WordNet
heavy-bodied small-winged South American game bird resembling a gallinaceous bird but related to the ratite birds
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partridge
(tinamou, partridge)
Princeton's WordNet
heavy-bodied small-winged South American game bird resembling a gallinaceous bird but related to the ratite birds
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