- A wading bird - Large wading bird - Any one of several species of wading birds of the genera
Ajaja and Platalea, and allied genera, in which the long bill is
broadly expanded and flattened at the tip. - The shoveler. See Shoveler, 2. - The ruddy duck. See under Ruddy. - The paddlefish.
- Large wading bird - One of several species of long-billed, wading birds of the
genus Limosa, and family Tringidae. The European black-tailed godwit
(Limosa limosa), the American marbled godwit (L. fedoa), the Hudsonian
godwit (L. haemastica), and others, are valued as game birds. Called
also godwin.
- A pigment - Artist’s pigment, burnt or raw ... - Brown bomber left Diddley for you - Brown involved in dumb error - Brown pigment - Brown shade used in Northumberland - Brownish colour
- A large African wading bird (Balaeniceps rex) allied to
the storks and herons, and remarkable for its enormous broad swollen
bill. It inhabits the valley of the White Nile. See Illust. (l.) of
Beak.
- A wading bird - Bird of the heron family - Wading bird - A wading bird of the genus Botaurus, allied to the herons,
of various species. - The brine which remains in salt works after the salt is
concreted, having a bitter taste from the chloride of magnesium which
it contains. - A very bitter compound of quassia, cocculus Indicus, etc.,
used by fraudulent brewers in adulterating beer.