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• Pea Island National Wildlife Refuge — is a National Wildlife Refuge located on the north end of North Carolina s Hatteras Island, a coastal barrier island and part of a chain of islands known as the Outer Banks, adjacent to Cape Hatteras National Seashore. The sanctuary is located 10 …   Wikipedia

• Bird anatomy — Bird anatomy, or the physiological structure of birds bodies, shows many unique adaptations, mostly aiding flight. Birds have evolved a light skeletal system and light but powerful musculature which, along with circulatory and respiratory systems …   Wikipedia

• pea´cock´like — pea|cock «PEE KOK», noun, plural cocks or (collectively) cock, verb. –n. 1. a large bird with beautiful green, blue, and gold feathers and a splendid train. The tail coverts of the male have spots like eyes on them and can be spread out and held… …   Useful english dictionary

• Pea|cock — «PEE KOK», noun, plural cocks or (collectively) cock, verb. –n. 1. a large bird with beautiful green, blue, and gold feathers and a splendid train. The tail coverts of the male have spots like eyes on them and can be spread out and held upright… …   Useful english dictionary

• pea|cock — «PEE KOK», noun, plural cocks or (collectively) cock, verb. –n. 1. a large bird with beautiful green, blue, and gold feathers and a splendid train. The tail coverts of the male have spots like eyes on them and can be spread out and held upright… …   Useful english dictionary

• bird's-foottrefoil — bird s foot trefoil (bûrdzʹfo͝ot ) n. A perennial Old World herb (Lotus corniculata) in the pea family, having golden yellow flowers and clusters of pods arranged like the claws of a bird. * * * …   Universalium

• bird's-foot trefoil — n. a perennial plant (Lotus corniculatus) of the pea family, with clusters of yellow flowers, used for forage and hay …   English World dictionary

• Pea — This interesting and unusual surname is a variant of Peacock, which is of Anglo Saxon origin, and is from a nickname for a vain, strutting person, or for a dandy. The nickname is derived from the Middle English (1200 1500) pe, pa, po , peacock,… …   Surnames reference

• pea comb — noun : a comb of a gallinaceous bird (as a Brahma fowl) consisting of three low weakly serrated and usually partly fused crests side by side of which the middle one is the highest see comb illustration * * * pea comb, a type of comb on certain… …   Useful english dictionary

• bird of Juno — noun very large terrestrial southeast Asian pheasant often raised as an ornamental bird • Syn: ↑peafowl • Hypernyms: ↑pheasant • Hyponyms: ↑peachick, ↑pea chick, ↑peacock, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary