Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Any bird of the group Pressirostres.
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Birds there were in plenty; wild ducks that swam across the lake at terrific speed as we approached; plover-snipe, tiny gray birds with long bills and white breasts, feeding along the edge of the lake peacefully at our very feet; an eagle carrying a trout to her nest.
Tenting To-night A Chronicle of Sport and Adventure in Glacier Park and the Cascade Mountains
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