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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An African bird of the genus Buphaga which frequents the backs of cattle and rhinoceroses to devour ticks. Also called
rhinoceros-bird and oxpecker. - noun In the West Indies and parts of South America the ani, Crotophaga ani, one of the cuckoos.
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