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Redleg
(gcide) | Redleg \Red"leg`\ (r?d"l?g`), Redlegs \Red`legs`\ (-l?gz`), n.
(Zool.)
(a) The redshank.
(b) The turnstone.
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redleg
(gcide) | Redshank \Red"shank`\ (r?d"sh?nk`), n.
1. (Zool.)
(a) A common Old World limicoline bird ({Totanus
calidris}), having the legs and feet pale red. The
spotted redshank (Totanus fuscus) is larger, and has
orange-red legs. Called also redshanks, redleg,
and clee.
(b) The fieldfare.
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2. A bare-legged person; -- a contemptuous appellation
formerly given to the Scotch Highlanders, in allusion to
their bare legs. --Spenser.
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Redleg
(gcide) | Redleg \Red"leg`\ (r?d"l?g`), Redlegs \Red`legs`\ (-l?gz`), n.
(Zool.)
(a) The redshank.
(b) The turnstone.
[1913 Webster]Redshank \Red"shank`\ (r?d"sh?nk`), n.
1. (Zool.)
(a) A common Old World limicoline bird ({Totanus
calidris}), having the legs and feet pale red. The
spotted redshank (Totanus fuscus) is larger, and has
orange-red legs. Called also redshanks, redleg,
and clee.
(b) The fieldfare.
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2. A bare-legged person; -- a contemptuous appellation
formerly given to the Scotch Highlanders, in allusion to
their bare legs. --Spenser.
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Red-legged crow
(gcide) | Crow \Crow\, n. [AS. cr[=a]we a crow (in sense 1); akin to D.
kraai, G. kr[aum]he; cf. Icel. kr[=a]ka crow. So named from
its cry, from AS. cr[=a]wan to crow. See Crow, v. i. ]
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1. (Zool.) A bird, usually black, of the genus Corvus,
having a strong conical beak, with projecting bristles. It
has a harsh, croaking note. See Caw.
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Note: The common crow of Europe, or carrion crow, is {Corvus
corone}. The common American crow is {Corvus
Americanus}. See Carrion crow, and Illustr., under
Carrion.
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2. A bar of iron with a beak, crook, or claw; a bar of iron
used as a lever; a crowbar.
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Get me an iron crow, and bring it straight
Unto my cell. --Shak.
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3. The cry of the cock. See Crow, v. i., 1.
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4. The mesentery of a beast; -- so called by butchers.
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Carrion crow. See under Carrion.
Crow blackbird (Zool.), an American bird ({Quiscalus
quiscula}); -- called also purple grackle.
Crow pheasant (Zool.), an Indian cuckoo; the common coucal.
It is believed by the natives to give omens. See Coucal.
Crow shrike (Zool.), any bird of the genera Gymnorhina,
Craticus, or Strepera, mostly from Australia.
Red-legged crow. See Crough.
As the crow flies, in a direct line.
To pick a crow, To pluck a crow, to state and adjust a
difference or grievance (with any one).
[1913 Webster]Chough \Chough\, n. [OE. choughe, kowe (and cf. OE. ca), fr. AS.
ce['o]; cf. also D. kauw, OHG. ch[=a]ha; perh. akin to E.
caw. [root]22. Cf. Caddow.] (Zool.)
A bird of the Crow family (Fregilus graculus) of Europe. It
is of a black color, with a long, slender, curved bill and
red legs; -- also called chauk, chauk-daw, chocard,
Cornish chough, red-legged crow. The name is also applied
to several allied birds, as the Alpine chough.
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Cornish chough (Her.), a bird represented black, with red
feet, and beak; -- called also aylet and sea swallow.
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red-legged crow
(gcide) | Crow \Crow\, n. [AS. cr[=a]we a crow (in sense 1); akin to D.
kraai, G. kr[aum]he; cf. Icel. kr[=a]ka crow. So named from
its cry, from AS. cr[=a]wan to crow. See Crow, v. i. ]
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1. (Zool.) A bird, usually black, of the genus Corvus,
having a strong conical beak, with projecting bristles. It
has a harsh, croaking note. See Caw.
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Note: The common crow of Europe, or carrion crow, is {Corvus
corone}. The common American crow is {Corvus
Americanus}. See Carrion crow, and Illustr., under
Carrion.
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2. A bar of iron with a beak, crook, or claw; a bar of iron
used as a lever; a crowbar.
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Get me an iron crow, and bring it straight
Unto my cell. --Shak.
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3. The cry of the cock. See Crow, v. i., 1.
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4. The mesentery of a beast; -- so called by butchers.
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Carrion crow. See under Carrion.
Crow blackbird (Zool.), an American bird ({Quiscalus
quiscula}); -- called also purple grackle.
Crow pheasant (Zool.), an Indian cuckoo; the common coucal.
It is believed by the natives to give omens. See Coucal.
Crow shrike (Zool.), any bird of the genera Gymnorhina,
Craticus, or Strepera, mostly from Australia.
Red-legged crow. See Crough.
As the crow flies, in a direct line.
To pick a crow, To pluck a crow, to state and adjust a
difference or grievance (with any one).
[1913 Webster]Chough \Chough\, n. [OE. choughe, kowe (and cf. OE. ca), fr. AS.
ce['o]; cf. also D. kauw, OHG. ch[=a]ha; perh. akin to E.
caw. [root]22. Cf. Caddow.] (Zool.)
A bird of the Crow family (Fregilus graculus) of Europe. It
is of a black color, with a long, slender, curved bill and
red legs; -- also called chauk, chauk-daw, chocard,
Cornish chough, red-legged crow. The name is also applied
to several allied birds, as the Alpine chough.
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Cornish chough (Her.), a bird represented black, with red
feet, and beak; -- called also aylet and sea swallow.
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red-legged gull
(gcide) | Laughing \Laugh"ing\, a. & n.
from Laugh, v. i.
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Laughing falcon (Zool.), a South American hawk
(Herpetotheres cachinnans); -- so called from its notes,
which resemble a shrill laugh.
Laughing gas (Chem.), nitrous oxide, also called
hyponitrous oxide, or protoxide of nitrogen; -- so called
from the exhilaration and laughing which it sometimes
produces when inhaled. It has been much used as an
anaesthetic agent, though now its use is primarily in
dentistry
Laughing goose (Zool.), the European white-fronted goose.
Laughing gull. (Zool.)
(a) A common European gull (Xema ridibundus); -- called
also pewit, black cap, red-legged gull, and {sea
crow}.
(b) An American gull (Larus atricilla). In summer the head
is nearly black, the back slate color, and the five outer
primaries black.
Laughing hyena (Zool.), the spotted hyena. See Hyena.
Laughing jackass (Zool.), the great brown kingfisher
(Dacelo gigas), of Australia; -- called also {giant
kingfisher}, and gogobera.
Laughing owl (Zool.), a peculiar owl ({Sceloglaux
albifacies}) of New Zealand, said to be on the verge of
extinction. The name alludes to its notes.
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Redlegs
(gcide) | Redleg \Red"leg`\ (r?d"l?g`), Redlegs \Red`legs`\ (-l?gz`), n.
(Zool.)
(a) The redshank.
(b) The turnstone.
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