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tumbler pigeon |
Noun
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pigeon that executes backward somersaults in flight or on the ground |
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tody |
Noun
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tiny insectivorous West Indian bird having red-and-green plumage and a long straight bill |
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tree swift |
Noun
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birds of southeast Asia and East Indies differing from true swifts in having upright crests and nesting in trees |
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thornbill |
Noun
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any of various South American hummingbirds with a sharp pointed bill |
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toucan |
Noun
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brilliantly colored arboreal fruit-eating bird of tropical America having a very large thin-walled beak |
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toucanet |
Noun
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small toucan |
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trogon |
Noun
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forest bird of warm regions of the New World having brilliant lustrous plumage and long tails |
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tundra swan |
Noun
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swan that nests in tundra regions of the New and Old Worlds |
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trumpeter |
Noun
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large pure white wild swan of western North America having a sonorous cry |
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trumpeter |
Noun
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large gregarious crane-like bird of the forests of South America having glossy black plumage and a loud prolonged cry |
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trumpeter |
Noun
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(formal) a person who announces important news |
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trumpeter |
Noun
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a musician who plays the trumpet or cornet |
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thylacine |
Noun
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rare doglike carnivorous marsupial of Tasmania having stripes on its back |
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trumpeter swan |
Noun
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large pure white wild swan of western North America having a sonorous cry |
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tusker |
Noun
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any mammal with prominent tusks (especially an elephant or wild boar) |
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tree wallaby |
Noun
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arboreal wallabies of New Guinea and northern Australia having hind and forelegs of similar length |
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tree kangaroo |
Noun
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arboreal wallabies of New Guinea and northern Australia having hind and forelegs of similar length |
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tenrec |
Noun
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small often spiny insectivorous mammal of Madagascar |
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tendrac |
Noun
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small often spiny insectivorous mammal of Madagascar |
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tailless tenrec |
Noun
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prolific animal that feeds chiefly on earthworms |
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taenia |
Noun
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tapeworms parasitic in humans which uses the pig as its intermediate host |
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taenia |
Noun
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a narrow headband or strip of ribbon worn as a headband |
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theca |
Noun
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outer sheath of the pupa of certain insects |
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theca |
Noun
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a case or sheath especially a pollen sac or moss capsule |
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threadworm |
Noun
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small threadlike worm infesting human intestines and rectum especially in children |
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trematode |
Noun
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parasitic flatworms having external suckers for attaching to a host |
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trematode worm |
Noun
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parasitic flatworms having external suckers for attaching to a host |
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trichina |
Noun
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parasitic nematode occurring in the intestines of pigs and rats and human beings and producing larvae that form cysts in skeletal muscles |
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tapeworm |
Noun
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ribbonlike flatworms that are parasitic in the intestines of humans and other vertebrates |
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tiger cowrie |
Noun
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cowrie whose shell is used for ornament |
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tooth shell |
Noun
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any of various seashore mollusks having a tapering tubular shell open at each end and a foot pointed like a spade for burrowing |
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tusk shell |
Noun
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any of various seashore mollusks having a tapering tubular shell open at each end and a foot pointed like a spade for burrowing |
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thin-shelled mussel |
Noun
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mussel with thin fragile shells having only rudimentary hinge teeth |
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tropical prawn |
Noun
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edible tropical and warm-water prawn |
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true lobster |
Noun
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large edible marine crustaceans having large pincers on the first pair of legs |
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teredinid |
Noun
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wormlike marine bivalve that bores into wooden piers and ships by means of drill-like shells |
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teredo |
Noun
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typical shipworm |
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takahe |
Noun
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flightless New Zealand birds similar to gallinules |
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tadpole shrimp |
Noun
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a kind of branchiopod crustacean |
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tattler |
Noun
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any of several long-legged shorebirds having a loud whistling cry |
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tattler |
Noun
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someone who gossips indiscreetly |
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turnstone |
Noun
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migratory shorebirds of the plover family that turn over stones in searching for food |
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thick-knee |
Noun
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large-headed large-eyed crepuscular or nocturnal shorebird of the Old World and tropical America having a thickened knee joint |
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tern |
Noun
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small slender gull having narrow wings and a forked tail |
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toothed whale |
Noun
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any of several whales having simple conical teeth and feeding on fish etc. |
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thick-billed murre |
Noun
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a variety of murre |
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tropic bird |
Noun
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mostly white web-footed tropical seabird often found far from land |
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tropicbird |
Noun
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mostly white web-footed tropical seabird often found far from land |
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tufted puffin |
Noun
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northern Pacific puffin having a large yellow plume over each eye |
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toy dog |
Noun
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any of several breeds of very small dogs kept purely as pets |