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Home Dictionary Name: bird cherryBird cherry
A shrub Prunus Padus found in Northern and Central Europe It bears small black cherries...
cedar waxwing
a species of chatterer Bombycilla cedrorum formerly Ampelis cedrorum widely distributed over temperate North America so named from its frequenting cedar trees called also cedar bird cherry bird Canada robin and American waxwing It is a brownish bird about 7 inches long between the size of a robin and a sparrow has a crest on the head a black face mask and a yellow tipped tail The name comes from the black color of the tips of the wings like that of a black sealing wax They sometimes are seen in flocks...
Hagberry
A plant of the genus Prunus Prunus Padus the bird cherry...
Bob cherry
A play among children in which a cherry hung so as to bob against the mouth is to be caught with the teeth...
marasca cherry
A Dalmation bitter wild cherry tree Prunus cerasus marasca bearing fruit whose juice is made into maraschino liqueur...
maraschino cherry
A cherry which is colored a deep red and sweetened by cooking in colored syrup and flavored with maraschino It is used as a garnish in deserts and cocktails...
Birds
Birds. Larceny may be committed at Common Law of domestic fowls, as hens, ducks, geese, etc. (1 Hale, PC 511), and of tame pigeons, though unconfined, Reg. v. Cheafor, (1851) 2 Den CCR 361, and of tame pheasants, Reg. v. Head, (1857) 1 F&F 350; or partridges, Reg. v. Shickle, (1868) LR 1 CCR 158. The (English) Larceny Act, 1861, ss. 21-23, provides, that whoever shall steal, or kill with intent to steal, birds ordinarily kept in a state of confinement, or for any domestic purposes, not being the subject of larceny at Common Law, or shall be in possession of any such bird, or the plumage thereof, knowing the same to have been stolen, shall be punishable on summary conviction by fine or imprisonment.As to unlawfully and wilfully killing or wounding house doves or pigeons under circumstances not amounting to larceny at Common Law, see (English) Larceny Act, 1861, s. 23, and Malicious Damage Act, 1861, s. 41. See also the (English) Poultry Act, 1911, and the Protection of Animals Act, 1911...
Mino bird
An Asiatic bird Gracula musica allied to the starlings It is black with a white spot on the wings and a pair of flat yellow wattles on the head It is often tamed and taught to pronounce words It is one of the birds called mynah bird...
Birds eye
Seen from above as if by a flying bird embraced at a glance hence general not minute or entering into details as a birds eye view...
Bower bird
An Australian bird Ptilonorhynchus violaceus or Ptilonorhynchus holosericeus allied to the starling The male constructs singular bowers or playhouses of twigs and decorates them with bright colored objects to attract females the satin bird...
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