CROCODILE BIRD

Meaning of CROCODILE BIRD in English

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. Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House . 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 — noun : an African plover ( Pluvianus aegyptius ) that alights upon the crocodile and devours its insect parasites and …
Webster's New International 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 …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
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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
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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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Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - редакция bed
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Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера
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Новый Англо-Русский словарь современной разговорной лексики - Глазунов
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