SHEATHBILL

Meaning of SHEATHBILL in English

[sheath.bill] n (ca. 1781): either of two white shore birds (Chionis alba and C. minor of the family Chionididae) of colder parts of the southern hemisphere that have a horny sheath over the base of the upper mandible and suggest the pigeons in general appearance

Merriam-Webster English vocab. Английский словарь Merriam Webster. 2012

SHEATHBILL — noun Date: circa 1781 either of two white shorebirds ( Chionis alba and C. minor of the family Chionididae) of …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
SHEATHBILL — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun : any of several white shorebirds constituting the family Chionididae that are confined to the colder parts of …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SHEATHBILL — (n.) Either one of two species of birds composing the genus Chionis, and family Chionidae, native of the islands of …
Английский словарь Webster
SHEATHBILL — ( n. ) Either one of two species of birds composing the genus Chionis, and family Chionidae, native of the …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
SHEATHBILL — /sheeth"bil'/ , n. either of two white sea birds, Chionis alba or C. minor, of the colder parts of the …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SHEATHBILL — noun Date: circa 1781 : either of two white shorebirds ( Chionis alba and C. minor of the family Chionididae) …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SHEATHBILL — noun either one of two species of birds composing the genus chionis, and family chionidae, native of the islands of …
Webster English vocab
SHEATHBILL — ■ noun a mainly white pigeon-like bird of subantarctic islands, with a horny sheath around the base of the bill. …
Concise Oxford English vocab
SHEATHBILL
Britannica English vocabulary
SHEATHBILL — орнит. белая ржанка (Chionis); pl белые ржанки (Chionididae) - black-faced sheathbill - snowy sheathbill
Новый Англо-Русский словарь по биологии
SHEATHBILL — орнит. белая ржанка ( Chionis ) ; pl белые ржанки ( Chionididae ) - black-faced sheathbill - snowy sheathbill
Новый Англо-Русский биологический словарь
SHEATHBILL — n. Pronunciation: ' sh ē th- ˌ bil Function: noun Date: circa 1781 : either of two white shorebirds ( …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
SNOWY SHEATHBILL — белая ржанка (Chionis alba)
Новый Англо-Русский словарь по биологии
BLACK-FACED SHEATHBILL — чернолицая белая ржанка (Chionis minor)
Новый Англо-Русский словарь по биологии
SNOWY SHEATHBILL — белая ржанка ( Chionis alba )
Новый Англо-Русский биологический словарь
BLACK-FACED SHEATHBILL — чернолицая белая ржанка ( Chionis minor )
Новый Англо-Русский биологический словарь
PADDY — I. noun also padi ˈpadē, -di ( plural paddies also padis ) Etymology: Malay padi 1. or paddy rice : …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SORE-EYED PIGEON — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷- noun : sheathbill
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SEED SNIPE — noun : any of several So. American charadriiform birds constituting the family Thinocoridae, related to the sheathbill but resembling quail …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
KELP PIGEON — noun : a sheathbill ( Chionis alba ) having a pinkish or yellowish black-tipped bill and occurring from the Falkland …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BIRD
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
CHIONIS MINOR — black-faced Sheathbill
Animal names in Latin and English vocab
CHIONIS ALBA — Snowy Sheathbill
Animal names in Latin and English vocab
CHIONIS MINOR — Black-faced Sheathbill
Ornitho-Birds English vocab
CHIONIS ALBA — Snowy Sheathbill
Ornitho-Birds English vocab
ЧЕРНОЛИЦАЯ БЕЛАЯ РЖАНКА — (Chionis minor) black-faced sheathbill
Новый Русско-Английский биологический словарь
БЕЛЫЕ РЖАНКИ — орнит. (Chionididae) sheathbill
Новый Русско-Английский биологический словарь
БЕЛАЯ РЖАНКА — 1) орнит. (Chionis) sheathbill 2) (Chionis alba) snowy sheathbill
Новый Русско-Английский биологический словарь

Merriam-Webster English vocab

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