10 LIBROS DEL INGLÉS RELACIONADOS CON «STILTBIRD»
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A Dictionary of English Synonymes and Synonymous or Parallel ...
Stiltbird, longlegged plover (Himantopus melanopterus). Stiltbird, n. STILT. Stilted
, a. Pompous, swelling, inflated, bombastic, turgid, pretentious, grandiloquent,
highflowing, highsounding, HIGHFALUTIN, on stilts. Stimulant, a. Stimulating ...
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International Wildlife Encyclopedia: Index volume
... 2542 Black-necked 18: 2540, 2541, 2542 Black-winged (pied stilt; white-
headed stilt; longshanks; stiltbird) 18: 2540, 2540, 2541, 2541 Stiltbird see Stilt,
Black-winged Statk Isabella 15: 2041 Stingaree see Stingray, Southern Stingfish
see ...
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Australian Bird Names: A Complete Guide
... Pied Stilt, primarily a New Zealand term to distinguish it from the Black Stilt H.
novaezelandiae; Long-legged Plover, Longshanks, Stiltbird, all for the very
bizarre-looking legs; Dog-bird, for the very yappy calls at nesting colonies.
Himantopus ...
Jeannie Gray, Ian Fraser, 2013
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English Language Word Builder
... SPELLDOWN SPOILFIVE SPRITSAIL STAIRSTEP STATELILY STEPSTOOL
STILTBIRD STOMACHAL STONEWASH STRAPHUNG SUGARCOAT
SUPERCEDE SUPERCUTE SUPERFOOD SUPERHYPE SUPERMART
SUPERSAFE ...
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Order and Partialities: Theory, Pedagogy, and the "Postcolonial"
Famished, but disgusted by the thought of eating one more serving of stilt- bird,
he complains, "Merde, j'ai faim...Toujours cette saloperie dechassier" [Shit.. .I'm
starved... always this filthy stiltbird] (81). Impressed by Mr. Jo's sportscar, he says,
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Kostas Myrsiades, Jerry McGuire, 1995
On the Elephantine island, some wasps' nests and a few hoopoes. A tiny stiltbird
runs along the shore looking as if it had escaped from a bas-relief. A single
variety of butterfly, in great abundance on Kitchener island. Marvelous hotel of
Wadi ...
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Bernice P. Bishop Museum Bulletin
Answer : The "stiltbird." The cry of the "stiltbird" (curlew) sounds like: "Take some
food, take some food." 147. Kuu wahi manu, uwe naenae, uwe holoholo, naenae
ka manu : My bird, it cries out of breath, it runs and cries, the bird is out of breath.
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Winston's Cumulative ...: Encyclopedia; a Comprehensive ...
The stiltbird of Great Britain is the Himantops. melanoptérua. The black-necked
stilt, H. m'gricollis, is found in the United States. Few birds exceed it in the powers
of flight, it traveling with astonishing rapidity. l d t ' a term app ie 0 a Stllted ArCh' ...
But Ifeel them waiting, too closebeside me: the voices ofthechoir, the brief
contralto ofmy stiltbird among allthe others. Oneby one I see their faces again
andhearthe tonesof their voices. Bettertogo away, walk somewhere else,
rediscover some ...
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Pamphlets in philology and the humanities
... adjectives not given take hyphen, stiltbird. RtloKbull, fish. tail. stinkball, horn,
pot, stone, weed, wood, stock-blind, broker, dove, fifth, bolder, jobber, jobbing,
man, -still, work, stokehole. stonebird. -blind, bow, brash, -break, breaker, buck,
chat, ...
Fred Newton Scott, James Geddes, Louis Round Wilson, 1900
