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proper noun
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(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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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.
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Quotations
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1594: I will provide thee of a princely . — Peele, Battle of Alcazar
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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
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A large flightless bird (Struthio camelus) native to Africa.
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| ousel |
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Alternative spelling of ouzel.
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| ouzel |
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An aquatic perching bird of the genus Cinclus.
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| ovenbird |
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- Any of several birds
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(British) Any of several small birds that build dome-shaped nests; the long-tailed tit, willow warbler and chiffchaff
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A warbler, Seiurus auricapillus that builds such a nest of vegetation
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(Central America) Any of several passerine birds that build such nests of mud
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| Owl |
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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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- A young owl.
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| oystercatcher |
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Any of various coastal wading birds of the genus Haematopus that have a long orange bill and feed on shellfish.
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