Definitions
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- noun A small
passerine bird of thegenus Lalage belonging to the cuckoo-shrike family Campephagidae, so called because of the loudtrilling calls of the male birds.
Etymologies
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March 9, 2008 at 3:51 pm triller zombeh kitteh mayks ur hed asplots wiv teh khyoot nd DEN eetz ur braynz
Thriller kitteh - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008
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That day his brookside singer became the Song-sparrow; the brown triller, the
Two Little Savages Being the adventures of two boys who lived as Indians and what they learned Ernest Thompson Seton 1903
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Peering into the bushes that fringed the gurgling mountain brook, I soon caught sight of the little triller, and found that, so far as I could distinguish them with my field-glass, his markings were just like those of his eastern relative -- the same mottled breast, with the large dusky blotch in the centre.
Birds of the Rockies 1896
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For a while I eyed the tree, and presently caught sight of the little triller, and behold, it was -- a summer warbler!
Birds of the Rockies 1896
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This time, as was usually the case, I heard the little triller before seeing him, and was sure it was
Birds of the Rockies 1896
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The Spanish triller gets twisted when the scientist doesn't want this guy to interfere in this past tense for fear of severally messing up the future.
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The American escaped 4-6 6-2 7-5 in a third-round triller before going on to land her maiden major.
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Set against the cotton fields and back roads of Southeast Arkansas, these brothers discover the lengths to which each will go to protect their Added by: lewanieTags: vertigo, movie, films, upcoming, UK cinemas, triller, trailer, shotgun Date:
We Blog A Lot 2008
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