CROCODILE BIRD

Meaning of CROCODILE BIRD in English

noun

: an African plover ( Pluvianus aegyptius ) that alights upon the crocodile and devours its insect parasites and reputedly even enters its open mouth in pursuit of flies

Webster's New International English Dictionary. Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012

CROCODILE BIRD — noun Date: 1868 an African bird ( Pluvianus aegyptius ) that is related to the pratincoles and lights on the …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
CROCODILE BIRD — an African courser, Pluvianus aegyptius, that often sits upon basking crocodiles and feeds on their insect parasites. [ 1865-70 ]
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
CROCODILE BIRD — Date: 1868 : an African bird ( Pluvianus aegyptius ) that is related to the pratincoles and lights on the …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
CROCODILE BIRD — Function: noun Date: 1868 : an African bird ( Pluvianus aegyptius ) that is related to the pratincoles and lights …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
CROCODILE BIRD — [crocodile bird] n (1868): an African bird (Pluvianus aegyptius) that is related to the pratincoles and lights on the crocodile …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
CROCODILE BIRD — Crocodile bird (Pluvianus aegyptius) (Pluvianus aegyptius; see photograph), shorebird belonging to the family Glareolidae (order Charadriiformes). The crocodile bird is …
Britannica English vocabulary
BIRD — I Any of the warm-blooded, beaked A covering of feather s distinguishes birds from all other animals. Birds have a …
Английский словарь Британика
CROCODILE — I. ˈkräkəˌdīl noun ( -s ; see sense 1 ) Etymology: alteration (influenced by Latin crocodilus ) of Middle English …
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Webster's New International English Dictionary
CROCODILE — (n.) A fallacious dilemma, mythically supposed to have been first used by a crocodile.
Английский словарь Webster
CROCODILE — (n.) A large reptile of the genus Crocodilus, of several species. They grow to the length of sixteen or eighteen …
Английский словарь Webster
CROCODILE — ( n. ) A large reptile of the genus Crocodilus, of several species. They grow to the length of sixteen …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
CROCODILE — ( n. ) A fallacious dilemma, mythically supposed to have been first used by a crocodile.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
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Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
CROCODILE — noun Etymology: Middle English & Latin; Middle English cocodrille, from Anglo-French, from Medieval Latin cocodrillus, alteration of Latin crocodilus, from …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
CROCODILE — noun a fallacious dilemma, mythically supposed to have been first used by a crocodile. 2. crocodile ·noun a large reptile …
Webster English vocab
BIRD — noun fig.: a girl; a maiden. 2. bird ·vi to catch or shoot birds. 3. bird ·noun specifically, among sportsmen, …
Webster English vocab
CROCODILE — [croc.o.dile] n [ME & L; ME cocodrille, fr. MF, fr. ML cocodrillus, alter. of L crocodilus, fr. Gk krokodilos lizard, …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
BIRD — [bird] n, often attrib [ME, fr. OE bridd] (bef. 12c) 1 archaic: the young of a feathered vertebrate 2: any …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
CROCODILE — The Nile crocodile (Crocodilus niloticus), in spite of its name, is found throughout much of any member of the reptile …
Britannica English vocabulary
BIRD — warm-blooded vertebrate of the class Aves, unique in having feathers and forelimbs modified into wings. The dispersal of birds is …
Britannica English vocabulary
CROCODILE — crocodile BrE AmE ˈkrɒk ə daɪ ə l AmE \ krɑːk- ▷ crocodile|s z ▶ ˈ crocodile clip BrE AmE …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
BIRD — bird, Bird BrE AmE bɜːd AmE bɝːd ▷ birding ˈbɜːd ɪŋ AmE ˈbɝːd ɪŋ ▷ birds bɜːdz AmE \ bɝːdz …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
CROCODILE — / ˈkrɒkədaɪl; NAmE ˈkrɑːk-/ (also informal croc ) noun 1. [ C ] a large reptile with a long tail, …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BIRD — / bɜːd; NAmE bɜːrd/ noun 1. a creature that is covered with feathers and has two wings and two legs. …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
CROCODILE — croc ‧ o ‧ dile /ˈkrɒkədaɪl $ ˈkrɑː-/ BrE AmE noun [ Date: 1200-1300 ; Language: Old French ; Origin: …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
CROCODILE — n. 1 a any large tropical amphibious reptile of the order Crocodilia, with thick scaly skin, long tail, and long …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
BIRD — n. 1 a feathered vertebrate with a beak, with two wings and two feet, egg-laying and usu. able to fly. …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
CROCODILE — n. 1 a any large tropical amphibious reptile of the order Crocodilia, with thick scaly skin, long tail, and long …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
BIRD — n. 1 a feathered vertebrate with a beak, with two wings and two feet, egg-laying and usu. able to fly. …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
CROCODILE — n.1 a any large tropical amphibious reptile of the order Crocodilia, with thick scaly skin, long tail, and long jaws. …
Oxford English vocab
BIRD — n.1 a feathered vertebrate with a beak, with two wings and two feet, egg-laying and usu. able to fly. 2 …
Oxford English vocab
CROCODILE — ( crocodiles) A crocodile is a large reptile with a long body and strong jaws. Crocodiles live in rivers and …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
CROCODILE — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ NOUN tear ▪ You will notice phrases like crocodile tears , the elephant never forgets, …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
BIRD — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a bird's/eagle's/crow's etc nest ▪ an abandoned bird's nest bird dog bird flu bird of …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
CROCODILE — (plural crocodiles or crocodile), [informal] croc [noun] [C] - a large hard-skinned reptile that lives in and near rivers and …
Cambridge English vocab
BIRD — (PERSON) [noun] [C] - (informal) a person of the type stated, or (UK and ANZ slang) a (young) woman(informal) He's …
Cambridge English vocab
BIRD — n. elephant bird bird of prey bird stone bird's foot trefoil Bird Larry Joe bird of paradise bird watching frigate …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
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Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
CROCODILE — noun Crocodile is used before these nouns: ↑ clip , ↑ skin , ↑ tear
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
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Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
CROCODILE — 1. сущ. 1) зоол. крокодил 2) крокодиловая кожа, крокодил Syn : crocodile skin 3) лицемер, человек, проливающий крокодиловые слезы 4) …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
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Большой Англо-Русский словарь
CROCODILE — crocodile.ogg ʹkrɒkədaıl n 1. 1> зоол. крокодил ( Crocodilus gen. ) 2> = crocodilian I 2. крокодиловая кожа 3. школ. …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
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Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
CROCODILE — 1. crocodile сущ.1) зоол. крокодил 2) крокодиловая кожа, крокодил Syn: crocodile skin 3) лицемер, человек, проливающий крокодиловые слезы 4) разг.; …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
CROCODILE — n 1. 1> зоол. крокодил ( Crocodilus gen. ) 2> = crocodilian I 2. крокодиловая кожа 3. школ. разг. 1> …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
CROCODILE — 1. сущ. 1) зоол. крокодил 2) крокодиловая кожа, крокодил Syn: crocodile skin 3) лицемер, человек, проливающий крокодиловые слезы 4) разг. …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
BIRD — 1. сущ. 1) птица; птичка, пташка land bird — наземная птица migratory bird, bird of passage — перелетная птица tropical …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
CROCODILE — 1. сущ. 1) зоол. крокодил 2) крокодиловая кожа, крокодил Syn: crocodile skin 3) лицемер, человек, проливающий крокодиловые слезы 4) разг.; шутл. а) хождение парами (о школьниках, прогуливающихся …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
BIRD — 1. сущ. 1) птица; птичка, пташка land bird — наземная птица migratory bird, bird of passage — перелетная птица tropical bird — тропические птицы water …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
CROCODILE — крокодил (Crocodylus); pl крокодилы (Crocodylia); настоящие крокодилы (Crocodylidae) - African crocodile - African dwarf crocodile - African slender-snouted crocodile - American crocodile - Australian crocodile - …
Новый Англо-Русский словарь по биологии
BIRD — птица - bird of Jove - bird of Juno - bird of passage - bird of prey - bird of providence - birds of paradise - bishop …
Новый Англо-Русский словарь по биологии
CROCODILE — крокодил ( Crocodylus ) ; pl крокодилы ( Crocodylia ) ; настоящие крокодилы ( Crocodylidae ) - African crocodile - …
Новый Англо-Русский биологический словарь
BIRD — птица - bird of Jove - bird of Juno - bird of passage - bird of prey - bird of …
Новый Англо-Русский биологический словарь
CROCODILE — _n. 1> крокодил 2> _шутл. гулянье парами (о школьницах) 3> _attr. крокодиловый - crocodile shears
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CROCODILE — n. 1. крокодил 2. шутл. гулянье парами (о школьницах) 3. attr. крокодиловый - crocodile shears
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - редакция bed
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