flinthead

flinthead
noun
an American stork that resembles the true ibises in having a downward-curved bill; inhabits wooded swamps of New World tropics
Hypernyms: ↑stork
Member Holonyms: ↑Mycteria, ↑genus Mycteria

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/flint"hed'/, n.
the wood stork, Mycteria americana.
[1790-1800, for an earlier sense; FLINT + HEAD]

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  • flinthead — /flint hed /, n. the wood stork, Mycteria americana. [1790 1800, for an earlier sense; FLINT + HEAD] * * * …   Universalium

  • flinthead — flint·head …   English syllables

  • woodibis — wood ibis n. Any of several large, mainly white wading birds of the subfamily Mycteriinae, related to and resembling the storks, especially the New World species Mycteria americana, which inhabits wooded areas of tropical and subtropical America …   Universalium

  • genus Mycteria — noun a genus of storks of the family Ciconiidae now including only the American wood ibis • Syn: ↑Mycteria • Hypernyms: ↑bird genus • Member Holonyms: ↑Ciconiidae, ↑family Ciconiidae • Member Meronyms: ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

  • Mycteria — noun a genus of storks of the family Ciconiidae now including only the American wood ibis • Syn: ↑genus Mycteria • Hypernyms: ↑bird genus • Member Holonyms: ↑Ciconiidae, ↑family Ciconiidae • Member Meron …   Useful english dictionary

  • Mycteria americana — noun an American stork that resembles the true ibises in having a downward curved bill; inhabits wooded swamps of New World tropics • Syn: ↑wood ibis, ↑wood stork, ↑flinthead • Hypernyms: ↑stork • Member Holonyms: ↑Mycteria, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

  • wood ibis — noun 1. an American stork that resembles the true ibises in having a downward curved bill; inhabits wooded swamps of New World tropics • Syn: ↑wood stork, ↑flinthead, ↑Mycteria americana • Hypernyms: ↑stork • Member Holonyms: ↑My …   Useful english dictionary

  • wood stork — noun 1. an American stork that resembles the true ibises in having a downward curved bill; inhabits wooded swamps of New World tropics • Syn: ↑wood ibis, ↑flinthead, ↑Mycteria americana • Hypernyms: ↑stork • Member Holonyms: ↑Myct …   Useful english dictionary

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