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crocodile bird

Meaning of "crocodile bird" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

PRONUNCIATION OF CROCODILE BIRD

crocodile bird


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CROCODILE BIRD

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Crocodile bird is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES CROCODILE BIRD MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Egyptian plover

The Egyptian plover is a wader, the only member of the genus Pluvianus. Formerly placed in the pratincole and courser family, Glareolidae, it is now regarded as the sole member of its own monotypic family Pluvianidae.

Definition of crocodile bird in the English dictionary

The definition of crocodile bird in the dictionary is an African courser, Pluvianus aegyptius, that lives close to rivers and is thought to feed on insects parasitic on crocodiles.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CROCODILE BIRD

crocidolite · crocine · crock · crock of shit · crocked · crockery · crocket · Crockett · Crockford · Crockpot · crocodile · crocodile clip · Crocodile River · crocodile tears · crocodile-infested · crocodilian · crocoisite · crocoite · crocosmia · crocus

WORDS THAT END LIKE CROCODILE BIRD

a little bird · bird · brain-fever bird · cage bird · dolly bird · early bird · elephant bird · frigate bird · game bird · get the bird · give someone the bird · like a bird · old bird · rainbow bird · rare bird · sea bird · secretary bird · shore bird · umbrella bird · wading bird · water bird

Synonyms and antonyms of crocodile bird in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «crocodile bird» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF CROCODILE BIRD

Find out the translation of crocodile bird to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of crocodile bird from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «crocodile bird» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

鳄鸟
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

cocodrilo pájaro
570 millions of speakers
en

English

crocodile bird
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

मगरमच्छ पक्षी
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

تمساح الطيور
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

крокодил птицы
278 millions of speakers
pt

Translator English - Portuguese

crocodilo pássaro
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

কুমির পাখি
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

crocodile oiseau
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Burung buaya
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

Krokodil Vogel
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

ワニの鳥
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

악어 조류
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Manuk crocodile
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

cá sấu chim
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

முதலை பறவை
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

मगर पक्षी
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

Timsah kuşu
70 millions of speakers
it

Translator English - Italian

coccodrillo uccello
65 millions of speakers
pl

Translator English - Polish

krokodyl ptak
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

крокодил птиці
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

crocodil pasăre
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

κροκόδειλος πουλί
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

krokodil voël
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

krokodil fågel
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

krokodille fugl
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of crocodile bird

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CROCODILE BIRD»

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about crocodile bird

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CROCODILE BIRD»

Discover the use of crocodile bird in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to crocodile bird and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Crocodile Bird
Rendell carefully unravels this tale of an obsessive bond between mother and daughter and of hope for a new life in a strange land.
Ruth Rendell, 2010
2
The bird who was afraid to clean the crocodile's teeth
Slim, the bird assigned to clean the teeth of Gar, a scarred and scary-looking crocodile, is so afraid that he tries everything to avoid Gar, even to going into the jungle alone.
Paris Sandow, Taylor Brandon, 1999
3
Zic-zac, the Crocodile Bird: A Good Neighbor Story from the Nile
Most animals run from the crocodile, but Zic-Zac, the crocodile bird, is very good friends with Crocsy.
Rita Kissin, 1942
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Dilemmas of Victory: The Early Years of the People's ...
9 The Crocodile Bird: Xiangsheng in the Early 1950s Perry Link hindsight can be tricky. We often say that we "benefit" from it, and no doubt we do. But the benefits may be easier to see than the costs. To the serious historian, one cost of ...
Jeremy Brown, Paul Pickowicz, 2007
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Mohun, or, The last days of Lee and his paladins
Tho "crocodile's bird is callod tho Trochilus. Yankeedom's bird is "called tho blockndo-runner. Yankccdom is tho crocodile. The " blockade-runner is tho Trochilns. " Couple these two ideas — Yankeedom and tho crocodile. They "are worth tiio ...
6
Biology: A Search For Order In Complexity
Study the drawings of the forelimbs of the salamander, crocodile, bird, bat, horse, and man shown in Figure 22-1. Note that they all have an upper arm bone (the humerus) and two lower arm bones (the radius and ulna). These structures are ...
Leslie MacKenzie, David K. Arwine, Edward J. Shewan, 2004
7
The Politics of Linkage: Power, Interdependence and Ideas in ...
Rather than a genuine friendship, the skeptics might say, the relationship between the US and Canada is like the classical Greek story of the crocodile and the trochilus (“crocodile bird”). The crocodile opens its mouth to let the little bird pick ...
Brian Bow, 2010
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Finding Your Animal Teachers
However, odd partnerships between disparate species occur as well. Known as “ The Crocodile Bird”, Egyptian Plover runs along Crocodile's back picking off ticks. In addition, Plover eats leeches from Crocodile's teeth. Because the cleaning of ...
9
Winston and George
Relates the special friendship between a rascally plover bird and a patient crocodile.
John Miller, 2014
10
Natural Religion and Christian Theology: Volume 1, Science ...
... typical specimen1 is that of the Crocodile bird which originates in an observation reported by Herodotus (n, 68) of the plover (Hoplopterus spinosus), which collects insects round the crocodiles as they rest on the mudbanks of the Nile and on ...
Charles E. Raven, 2012

6 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CROCODILE BIRD»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term crocodile bird is used in the context of the following news items.
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Retro: Sheffield's incredible Illustrated Aviary
... of Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins, who made models of dinosaurs for the Great Exhibition in 1851, and his illustration of the crocodile bird. «The Star, Feb 15»
2
A salute to Ruth Rendell, chronicler of strange people: Mallick
The Crocodile Bird is about a teenage girl whose only companion is a mother who is a habitual murderer. Human dental floss, she's like the ... «Toronto Star, Jan 15»
3
Enchanted Lion to Publish Long-Lost Picture Books
... friendship between a crocodile and a crocodile bird, will be released in March. Here's how the books came to be – and came to be published. «Publishers Weekly, Jan 14»
4
Introducing the Newest SEM Agency – Google?
Sometimes I feel a little like the mythical crocodile bird — the bird that a crocodile allows to enter his mouth to clean out parasites. Sure, the ... «Search Engine Land, Sep 13»
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Ruth Rendell: a life in writing
1 Mar 2013 17:19. 3 4. @frustratedartist - You could be describing one of my favourite Rendell's of all time - "The Crocodile Bird". Reply | Pick. «The Guardian, Aug 13»
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Fine Cleaner Lets You Know the Relationship between a Crocodile …
When crocodiles enjoy a sunbath on the waterside, a crocodile bird flies down and starts getting rid of the meat between its teeth and parasites ... «Korea IT Times, Aug 11»
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