- A fit of yawning. - A disease of young poultry and other birds, attended with
much gaping. It is caused by a parasitic nematode worm (Syngamus
trachealis), in the windpipe, which obstructs the breathing. See
Gapeworm.
- A little nutmeg gift at Easter - Begged to carry Faberge creation - Bird-to-be - Breakfast food - Breakfast item - Caviar - Directions for its use may include “Crack whip”
- A musician - After the first drink, Peter is announcer of important news - brassy type! - Brass player - Brass-player - Musician - One who sounds a trumpet. - One who proclaims, publishes, or denounces.
- Any one of three species of South American birds
constituting the family Anhimidae, and the suborder Palamedeae. They
have two spines on each wing, and the head is either crested or horned.
They are easily tamed, and then serve as guardians for other poultry.
The crested screamers, or chajas, belong to the genus Chauna. The
horned screamer, or kamichi, is Palamedea cornuta.
- A curious South American bird (Anhima, / Palamedea,
cornuta), often domesticated by the natives and kept with poultry,
which it defends against birds of prey. It has a long, slender,
hornlike ornament on its head, and two sharp spurs on each wing.
Although its beak, feet, and legs resemble those of gallinaceous birds,
it is related in anatomical characters to the ducks and geese
(Anseres). Called also horned screamer. The name is sometimes applied
also to the chaja. See Chaja, and Screamer.