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coucal |
Noun
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Old World ground-living cuckoo having a long dagger-like hind claw |
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crow pheasant |
Noun
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common coucal of India and China |
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cockatoo |
Noun
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white or light-colored crested parrot of the Australian region |
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cockateel |
Noun
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small grey Australian parrot with a yellow crested head |
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cockatiel |
Noun
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small grey Australian parrot with a yellow crested head |
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cockatoo parrot |
Noun
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small grey Australian parrot with a yellow crested head |
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cushat |
Noun
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Eurasian pigeon with white patches on wings and neck |
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chachalaca |
Noun
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slender arboreal guan resembling a wild turkey |
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carrier pigeon |
Noun
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a homing pigeon used to carry messages |
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cuculiform bird |
Noun
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birds having zygodactyl feet (except for the touracos) |
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cuckoo |
Noun
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any of numerous European and North American birds having pointed wings and a long tail |
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cuckoo |
Noun
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a man who is a stupid incompetent fool |
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cuckoo |
Verb
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to repeat monotonously, like a cuckoo repeats his call |
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common scoter |
Noun
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a variety of scoter |
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chimney swift |
Noun
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American swift that nests in e.g. unused chimneys |
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crested swift |
Noun
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birds of southeast Asia and East Indies differing from true swifts in having upright crests and nesting in trees |
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coraciiform bird |
Noun
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chiefly short-legged arboreal nonpasserine birds that nest in holes |
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caprimulgiform bird |
Noun
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long-winged nonpasserine birds |
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caprimulgid |
Noun
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mainly crepuscular or nocturnal nonpasserine birds with mottled greyish-brown plumage and large eyes |
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chuck-will's-widow |
Noun
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large whippoorwill-like bird of the southern United States |
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canvasback |
Noun
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North American wild duck valued for sport and food |
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canvasback duck |
Noun
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North American wild duck valued for sport and food |
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common wallaby |
Noun
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a small wallaby having a height of 30 inches |
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crested screamer |
Noun
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distinguished from the horned screamer by a feathery crest on the back of the head |
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chaja |
Noun
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largest crested screamer |
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common brant goose |
Noun
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the best known variety of brant goose |
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cuscus |
Noun
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woolly-haired monkey-like arboreal marsupial of New Guinea and northern Australia |
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coscoroba |
Noun
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large white South American bird intermediate in some respects between ducks and swans |
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common opossum |
Noun
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omnivorous opossum of the eastern United States |
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cob |
Noun
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adult male swan |
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cob |
Noun
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white gull having a black back and wings |
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cob |
Noun
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stocky short-legged harness horse |
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cob |
Noun
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nut of any of several trees of the genus Corylus |
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crab-eating opossum |
Noun
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South American opossum |
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cygnet |
Noun
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a young swan |
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contour feather |
Noun
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feathers covering the body of an adult bird and determining its shape |
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common shrew |
Noun
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common American shrew |
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clypeus |
Noun
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a shield-like plate on the front of an insect's head |
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carapace |
Noun
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hard outer covering or case of certain organisms such as arthropods and turtles |
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coat |
Noun
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growth of hair or wool or fur covering the body of an animal |
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coat |
Noun
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an outer garment that has sleeves and covers the body from shoulder down |
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coat |
Noun
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a thin layer covering something |
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coat |
Verb
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to cover or provide with a coat |
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coat |
Verb
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to form a coat over |
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coat |
Verb
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to put a coat on |
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cuticle |
Noun
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hard outer covering or case of certain organisms such as arthropods and turtles |
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cuticle |
Noun
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the outer layer of the skin covering the exterior body surface of vertebrates |
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cuticle |
Noun
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the dead skin at the base of a fingernail or toenail |
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cow |
Noun
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mature female of mammals of which the male is called `bull' |
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cow |
Noun
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female of domestic cattle: '`moo-cow' is a child's term' |