Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Having the bill awry or bent sidewise: as, the wry-billed plover. See second cut under
plover .
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The beak of the New Zealand wry-billed plover slopes to the right; that way, the plover’s right eye can guide the beak as the bird seeks food under small river stones.
SciAm Mind - Evolutionary Origins of Your Right and Left Brain William Harryman 2009
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