- indian jacana
- noun
Usage: usually capitalized I
Useful english dictionary. 2012.
indian jacana
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Indian jacana — noun see pheasant tailed jacana … Useful english dictionary
Jacana — Jac a*na , n. [Cf. Sp. jacania.] (Zo[ o]l.) Any of several wading birds belonging to the genus {Jacana} and several allied genera, all of which have spurs on the wings. They are able to run about over floating water weeds by means of their very… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Jacana spinosa — Jacana Jac a*na , n. [Cf. Sp. jacania.] (Zo[ o]l.) Any of several wading birds belonging to the genus {Jacana} and several allied genera, all of which have spurs on the wings. They are able to run about over floating water weeds by means of their … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
pheasant-tailed jacana — ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ noun : a jacana (Hydrophasianus chirurgus) of India and the East Indies having no frontal plate and the four middle tail feathers much elongated called also Indian jacana … Useful english dictionary
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Hydrophasianus chirurgus — Jacana Jac a*na , n. [Cf. Sp. jacania.] (Zo[ o]l.) Any of several wading birds belonging to the genus {Jacana} and several allied genera, all of which have spurs on the wings. They are able to run about over floating water weeds by means of their … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
surgeon bird — Jacana Jac a*na , n. [Cf. Sp. jacania.] (Zo[ o]l.) Any of several wading birds belonging to the genus {Jacana} and several allied genera, all of which have spurs on the wings. They are able to run about over floating water weeds by means of their … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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