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love bird

(Encyclopedia)love bird: see parrot.

darter, bird

(Encyclopedia)darter or anhinga ănhĭngˈgə [key], common name for a very slender, black water bird very closely related to the cormorant. It frequents the wooded borders of freshwater lakes, rivers, and swamps i...

elephant bird

(Encyclopedia)elephant bird, extinct, flightless bird of the family Aepyornithidae. Once native to the island of Madagascar, these gigantic birds may have survived until as late as 1649. Today, they are known only ...

mound bird

(Encyclopedia)mound bird: see megapode.

bird flu

(Encyclopedia)bird flu: see influenza.

Bird Island

(Encyclopedia)Bird Island: see Aves Island.

Bird Woman

(Encyclopedia)Bird Woman: see Sacajawea.
 

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