10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «RANIVOROUS»
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The Birds of South Africa: A Descriptive Catalogue of All ...
RanivorOUS. (Daud.) G. Levaillantii. ;. Smith (the young bird) ; Le Grenouillard,
Le Vail., p. 23. All the upper parts of the body earthy- brown, that is, all the visible
parts of the feathers ; the hidden parts are white on either side of the quill.
Edgar Leopold Layard, 1867
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The Origins of English Words: A Discursive Dictionary of ...
... mucivorous: of plant juices; mellivorous: of honey ("he on honey-dew hath fed,
and drunk the milk of Paradise"-Coleridge, Kubla Khan); vermivorous: of grubs,
as small fish; granivorous: of grain; graminivorous: of grasses; ranivorous: of
frogs ...
Joseph Twadell Shipley, 2001
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Narrative of Discovery and Adventure in Africa, from the ...
The ranivorous, or frog- eating falcon (F. ranivorous) is a native of the Cape of
Good Hope, and appears to be allied to the moor-buzzards in its manners. It
builds its nest among rushes, with the stalks of the leaves of water-plants, and
feeds ...
The words all come from Latin. carnivore insectivore pesticide febrifuge
insectivorous piscivorous frugivorous magnify ranivorous herbicide omnivorous
suicide herbivore patricide vermicide herbivorous 120 First we will take the words
that ...
Waldo E. Sweet, Glenn M. Knudsvig, 1989
You couldn't lay a single, delicate finger on me.” “That's where you're wrong,
Jafar. You may have been trained by some overpaid defense teacher but I grew
up in the real world.” My voice cracked and he chuckled. “You ranivorous slime!
Breeanna Mae Alessandra, 2012
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Physico-theology, Or, A Demonstration of the Being and ...
But that which deserves especial Remark, is that peculiar Provision made in the
Necks ofall, or most ' ranivorous Qzmdmpedr, for the perpetual holding down
their Head in gathering their Food, by that strong, tendinous and insensible ...
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Philosophical Transactions to the Year ____ Abridged and ...
... and the Gullet considerably larger; not without some Analogy to the Ingluvier,
or Crop, of g'ranivorous Fowls, where the Food stops for some time and is
moistened, before it is capable of descending \ into the Stomach. Serondly,
These Parts ...
Royal Society (Great Britain), 1734
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A Dictionary, Geographical, Statistical, and Historical: Of ...
... the number of species is comparatively small, though in suae cases the
individuals of a species are very numerous : and in the four remaining orders,
con- sbting of all the tribes of j^ranivorous and insectivorous birds, shrikes, pies,
thrushes, ...
John Ramsay McCulloch, Frederick Martin, 1866
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The American Universal Geography, Or: A View of the Present ...
Falco leucocephalus Falco piscatorius. Falco Aquilinus, Cauda ferruginiv Falco
gillinarius. Falco pularius. Falco columbarius; Falco niger. Falco ranivorouS;
Falco sparrcnius. Falco fulvus. Belknap. Falco hudsonius ? Belknap; Falco
subbutco.
Jedidiah Morse, Aaron Arrowsmith, Samuel Lewis, 1805
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100 of the Funniest Words In English
BROUHAHA (54 I'm still not on the floor) 53. COLLYWOBBLES (53 Let's be free)
52. LOGORRHEA (52 I'm for you) 51. RANIVOROUS (51 is the one) 50.
GABERLUNZIE (50 I'm nifty) 49. HEMIDEMISEMIQUAVER (49 It's about time) 48.
Alex Trost, Vadim Kravetsky, 2014
