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brain-fever bird — /ˈbreɪn fivə ˌbɜd / (say brayn feevuh .berd) noun 1. → pallid cuckoo. 2. an Indian cuckoo, Cuculus varius, having a loud repetitive cry …
bird — birdless, adj. /berrd/, n. 1. any warm blooded vertebrate of the class Aves, having a body covered with feathers, forelimbs modified into wings, scaly legs, a beak, and no teeth, and bearing young in a hard shelled egg. 2. a fowl or game bird. 3 … Universalium
Bird — /berrd/, n. Larry, born 1956, U.S. basketball player. * * * I Any of the warm blooded, beaked vertebrates of the class Aves, including more than 9,600 living species. A covering of feathers distinguishes birds from all other animals. Birds have a … Universalium
Brain — This article is about the brains of all types of animals, including humans. For information specific to the human brain, see Human brain. For other uses, see Brain (disambiguation). A chimpanzee brain The brain is … Wikipedia
songbird — /sawng berrd , song /, n. 1. a bird that sings. 2. any passerine bird of the suborder Oscines. 3. Slang. a woman vocalist. [1765 75; SONG + BIRD] * * * Any oscine passerine (suborder Passere), all of which have a complex vocal organ, the syrinx.… … Universalium
cuckoo — /kooh kooh, kook ooh/, n., pl. cuckoos, v., cuckooed, cuckooing, adj. n. 1. a common European bird, Cuculus canorus, of the family Cuculidae, noted for its characteristic call and its brood parasitism. 2. any of several other birds of the family… … Universalium
Asia — /ay zheuh, ay sheuh/, n. a continent bounded by Europe and the Arctic, Pacific, and Indian oceans. 2,896,700,000; ab. 16,000,000 sq. mi. (41,440,000 sq. km). * * * I Largest continent on Earth. It is bounded by the Arctic Ocean, the Pacific Ocean … Universalium
pallid cuckoo — /pæləd ˈkʊku/ (say paluhd kookooh) noun a medium sized greyish brown cuckoo, Cuculus pallidus, having a distinctive penetrating call resembling a rising chromatic scale, found widely throughout Australia with some birds wintering in the Lesser… …
hawk cuckoo — noun : any of several Asiatic cuckoos of the genus Cuculus that outwardly resemble hawks see brain fever bird * * * hawk cuckoo, a brown and white East Indian cuckoo, with a banded tail, resembling a hawk in appearance … Useful english dictionary
pallid cuckoo — noun : a slender light colored Australian cuckoo (Cuculus pallidus) with an irritatingly persistent and monotonous call called also brain fever bird … Useful english dictionary
