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noun
- Any bird of the genus Falco, all of them bird of prey, birds of prey.
verb
- To hunt with a falcon or falcons.
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noun (plural: feathers)
- A branching, hair-like structure that grows on the wings of birds that allows their wings to create lift.
adjective or feathered
- In engineering or manufacturing a feather(ed) edge is a finely bevelled edge
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noun
- A large thrush, Turdus pilaris, of Eurasia.
- 2007: Paul seemed relaxed, scanning the fields on either side of the muddy lane for fieldfares " Diana Athill, "Somewhere Towards the End", Granta 98, p. 20
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noun
- a fine thread or wire
- such a wire, heated to glowing, in an incandescent light bulb or a thermionic valve
- (botany) The stalk of a stamen in a flower, supporting the anther.
- In textiles, a continuous object, limited in length only by its spool, and not cut to length
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noun (plural finches)
- Any bird of the family Fringillidae, seed-eating passerine birds, native chiefly to the northern hemisphere and usually having a conical beak.
verb
- To hunt for finches, to go finching.
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noun (plural firecrests)
- A very small passerine bird, Regulus ignicapillus, that breeds in Eurasia.
| | flag |
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noun
- A piece of cloth, often decorated with an emblem, used as a visual signal or symbol.
- (context, nautical) A flag flown by a ship to show the presence on board of the admiral; the admiral himself, or his flagship.
- The use of a flag, especially to indicate the start of a race or other event.
- (context, computer science) A variable or memory location that stores a true-or-false, yes-or-no value, typically either recording the fact that a certain event has occurred or requesting that a certain optional action take place.
- (context, computer science) In a CLI, command line interface, a notation requesting optional behavior or otherwise modifying the action of the command being invoked.
verb (flag, g, ing)
- To mark with a flag, especially to indicate the importance of
- (often with down) To signal to, especially to stop a passing vehicle etc.
- Please a taxi down for me.
- (intransitive) To weaken, become feeble.
- ''His strength flagged toward the end of the race.
- (context, computing): To signal (an event).
- The compiler flagged three errors.
- (context, computing): To set a program variable to true.
- Flag the debug option before running the program.
adjective
- Of or pertaining to an admiral, commodore, or general officer.
- Captains park in the second row, officers next to the building.
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| | flamingo |
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noun (pl2=flamingoes)
- A wade, wading bird of the family Phoenicopteridae.
- (colour) A deep pink color tinged with orange, like that of a flamingo.
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adjective
- (colour) of a deep pink color tinged with orange, like that of a flamingo..
| | fledge |
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verb to fledge (transitive and intransitive)
- to care for a young bird until it is capable of flight
- to grow, cover or be covered with feathers
- to decorate with feathers
| | fledged |
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adjective
- able to fly
| | fledgling |
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noun
- (literally) A young bird which has just developed its flight feathers (notably wings).
- (metaphorically) An immature, naí¯ve and/or inexperienced person
adjective
- untried or inexperienced
| | flicker |
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noun
- An unsteady flash of light.
- A short moment.
verb
- (intransitive) To burn or shine unsteadily. To burn or shine with a wavering light.
- (intransitive) To keep going on and off; to appear and disappear for short moments; to flutter.
| | flyway |
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noun - A migratory route used by birds between breeding areas.
| | fowl |
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noun
- (archaic) A bird.
- A bird of the order Galliformes, including chickens, turkeys, pheasant, partridges and quail.
- Birds which are hunted or kept for food, including Galliformes and also waterfowl of the order Anseriformes such as ducks, goose, geese and swans.
verb
- To hunt fowl.
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verb
- Simple past and past participle of fox; baffled; outwitted.
adjective
- Of paper, having yellowish brown stains.
| | francolin |
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noun
- Any of various terrestrial partridges of the genus Francolinus, found chiefly in Africa.
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