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proper noun
- (baseball) A player on the team "The Baltimore Orioles"
- He became an as the result of a pre-season trade.
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- (baseball) The team "w:Baltimore Orioles, The Baltimore Orioles"
- The Orioles and Indians split a pair.
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| osprey |
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noun
- A bird of prey (Pandion haliaetus) that feeds on fish and has white underparts and long, narrow wings each ending in four finger-like extensions.
- Quotations
- 1594: I will provide thee of a princely . — Peele, Battle of Alcazar
- c. 1612-13: But (oh Jove!) your actions, / Soon as they move, as ospreys do the fish, / Subdue before they touch. — Shakespeare, Fletcher, Two Noble Kinsmen
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| ostrich |
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noun
- A large flightless bird (Struthio camelus) native to Africa.
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| ousel |
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noun - Alternative spelling of ouzel.
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| ouzel |
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noun
- An aquatic perching bird of the genus Cinclus.
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| ovenbird |
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noun
- Any of several birds
- (British) Any of several small birds that build dome-shaped nests; the long-tailed tit, willow warbler and chiffchaff
- A warbler, Seiurus auricapillus that builds such a nest of vegetation
- (Central America) Any of several passerine birds that build such nests of mud
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| Owl |
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proper noun - A fictional character in w:A. A. Milne, A. A. Milne's book w:Winnie the Pooh, Winnie the Pooh and the w:Disney, Disney film of the same name.
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| owlet |
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noun
- A young owl.
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| oystercatcher |
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noun
- Any of various coastal wading birds of the genus Haematopus that have a long orange bill and feed on shellfish.
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