English words for 'mostly black African weaverbird'
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noun
- A weaverbird.
- A person who weaves; especially, one who weaves cloth for a living.
- A horizontal strand of material used in basket weaving.
- Any of certain fish of the family Pinguipedidae.
- Any of certain spider species, such as the sheet weaver or the funnel weaver, so named because they spin interesting and characteristic webs.
- An aquatic beetle of the genus Gyrinus.
- finch-like African and Asian colonial birds noted for their elaborately woven nests
- a craftsman who weaves cloth
noun
- long-tailed American blackbird having iridescent black plumage
- glossy black Asiatic starling often taught to mimic speech
- (loosely) Any of several Asian myna birds of the genus Gracula.
- Any of several passerine birds of the genera Quiscalus, Hypopyrrhus, Lampropsar and Macroagelaius, of the Americas, having iridescent plumage.
noun
- any bird of the family Icteridae whose male is black or predominantly black
- Certain blackbirds found in the New World in the genera of family Icteridae, to wit, Xanthocephalus, Nesopsar, Agelaius, Dives, Ptiloxena, Euphagus, Gymnomystax, Amblyramphus, Curaeus, Anumara, Gnorimopsar, Oreopsar, Agelasticus, Chrysomus, and Xanthopsar.
noun
- any bird of the family Icteridae whose male is black or predominantly black
- common black European thrush
- A variety of New World birds of the family Icteridae (26 species of icterid bird).
- A common true thrush, Turdus merula, found in woods and gardens over much of Eurasia, and introduced elsewhere.
- (slang, derogatory, historical, among slavers and pirates) A native of the South Pacific islands.
verb
noun
- Any of various African birds of the genus Euplectes; a kind of weaverbird closely related to the widowbirds.
- A chief of the Festival of Fools or St. Nicholas Day.
- (Christianity) An overseer of congregations: either any such overseer, generally speaking, or (in Eastern Orthodoxy, Catholicism, Anglicanism, etc.) an official in the church hierarchy (actively or nominally) governing a diocese, supervising the church's priests, deacons, and property in its territory.
- A flowering plant of the genus Bifora.
- (chess) The chess piece denoted ♗ or ♝ which moves along diagonal lines and developed from the shatranj alfil ("elephant") and was originally known as the aufil or archer in English.
- A sweet drink made from wine, usually with oranges, lemons, and sugar; mulled and spiced port.
- (religion, nonstandard) A similar official or chief priest in another religion.
- (dialectal) A ladybug or ladybird, beetles of the family Coccinellidae.
- port wine mulled with oranges and cloves
- a senior member of the Christian clergy having spiritual and administrative authority; appointed in Christian churches to oversee priests or ministers; considered in some churches to be successors of the twelve Apostles of Christ
- (chess) a piece that can be moved diagonally over unoccupied squares of the same color
verb
- (Christianity) To make a bishop.
- (Christianity, rare) To provide with bishops.
- (UK, dialectal) To permit food (especially milk) to burn while cooking (from bishops' role in the inquisition or as mentioned in the quotation below, of horses).
- (Christianity) To act as a bishop, to perform the duties of a bishop, especially to confirm another's membership in the church.
- (by extension, of equestrianism) To make a horse seem younger, particularly by manipulation of its teeth.
noun
adj
verb
noun
- A small Old World warbler, Eurasian blackcap (Sylvia atricapilla), which is mainly grey with a black crown.
- (cooking) An apple roasted until black, to be served in a dish of boiled custard.
- (Canada, US) The blackcap raspberry (Rubus leucodermis).
- small brownish-grey warbler with a black crown
- chickadee having a dark crown
- small black-headed European gull
- raspberry native to eastern North America having black thimble-shaped fruit
noun
noun
- Any of various other small passerine birds.
- (UK, Ireland, derogatory, slang) A police officer; a "tithead".
- A chickadee; a small passerine bird of the genus Parus or the family Paridae, common in the Northern Hemisphere.
- (chiefly in the plural) A person's breast or nipple.
- A morsel; a bit.
- An animal's teat or udder.
- (UK, Ireland, derogatory, slang) An idiot; a fool.
- small insectivorous birds
- the small projection of a mammary gland
- either of two soft fleshy milk-secreting glandular organs on the chest of a woman
noun
- A green-headed sunbird (Cyanomitra verticalis), of Africa.
- (informal) An Atlantic thread herring (Opisthonema oglinum), a herring-like fish in the family Clupeidae.
- (US, military, slang) A Green Beret.
- A scaly-breasted lorikeet (Trichoglossus chlorolepidotus), of Australia.
- (informal) An unripe fruit.
- (slang) A blob of nasal mucus; a bogey.
- (Australian politics, informal, by extension) A member of the Australian Greens.
- A white-plumed honeyeater (Ptilotula penicillata), of Australia.
- (surfing, slang) Diminutive of greenback.
- (US, slang) A beginner, a novice; a greenhorn.
- (US, Wyoming, derogatory, slang) A person from Colorado; after the color of the Colorado license plate.
- (chiefly Australia, New Zealand, slang, derogatory) An environmentalist, someone who shows concern for the environment; often aimed at environmental extremists.
- (US, slang) Amphetamines used in baseball.
- (informal) The yellowtail rockfish (Sebastes flavidus), a fish in the family Sebastidae.
- (golf) The player whose ball is closest to the hole on a par-3 hole after the first shot (drive), in the case when multiple players reach the green on that first shot and the player with the closest ball sinks the ball within the next two shots.
- A western silvereye (Zosterops lateralis chloronotus), of Western Australia.
- (informal) A small, green object.
noun
- The tropicbird.
- A kind of gull, the jaeger.
- The officer (or warrant officer) in charge of sails, rigging, anchors, cables etc. and all work on deck of a sailing ship.
- The petty officer of a merchant ship who controls the work of other seamen.
- a petty officer on a merchant ship who controls the work of other seamen
noun
- (UK) A great black-backed gull.
- A raccoon oyster.
- Any of various creatures having a saddle-shaped marking on the back.
- A variety of domestic goose.
- (architecture) A coping that is thicker in the middle than at the edges.
- A harp seal.
- A larva of the bombycid moth.
- (geology) An anticline.
- A roof in the same shape, having a gable at each end.
- A breed of pig which is black with a pink saddle-shaped marking.
- A saddle-shaped ridge forming a shallow pass between two peaks.
- (New Zealand) A passerine bird of the genus Philesturnus.
- a pass or ridge that slopes gently between two peaks (is shaped like a saddle)
- a double sloping roof with a ridge and gables at each end
adj
adv
verb
noun
- A bird, the black tern, seabird.
- The tail of an animal; now used only of the tail of a dog.
- The hinder part of anything.
- (nautical) The rear part (after end) of a ship or other vessel.
- (figurative) The post of management or direction.
- the rear part of a ship
- the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on
adj
verb
noun
- a west African bird having dark plumage mottled with white; native to Africa but raised for food in many parts of the world
- a former British gold coin worth 21 shillings
- Synonym of guinea fowl.
- (British, historical) A gold coin originally worth twenty shillings; later (from 1717 until the adoption of decimal currency) standardised at a value of twenty-one shillings.
- (US, slang, derogatory, ethnic slur) A person of Italian descent.
noun
noun
- Any of the large, black ducks of the genus Melanitta; the scoter.
- An ice scooter; a type of flat-bottomed, buoyant ice yacht used in the state of New York, equipped with runners for traveling over ice.
- A kick scooter or push scooter; a human-powered land vehicle with a handlebar, deck and wheels that is propelled by a rider pushing off the ground.
- A motorscooter; a small motorcycle or moped with a step-through frame.
- A scooter skirt (skort), especially when worn by girls as part of a school uniform.
- An electric version of the kick scooter.
- A mobility scooter; an electric-powered scooter specially designed for disabled or elderly people.
- (nautical, underwater diving, military) Synonym of diver propulsion vehicle.
- a wheeled vehicle with small wheels and a low-powered gasoline engine geared to the rear wheel
- child's two-wheeled vehicle operated by foot
- large black diving duck of northern parts of the Northern Hemisphere
- a sailing vessel with runners and a cross-shaped frame; suitable for traveling over ice
- a motorboat resembling a motor scooter
verb
noun
- large vulture of southern Europe and northern Africa having pale plumage with black wings
- winged monster with the head of an eagle and the body of a lion
- breed of various very small compact wiry-coated dogs of Belgian origin having a short bearded muzzle
- breed of medium-sized long-headed dogs with downy undercoat and harsh wiry outer coat; originated in Holland but largely developed in France
- Alternative form of griffin (legendary creature)
- A griffon vulture.
- A breed of dog usually called the Brussels griffon, reminiscent of the legendary creature.
noun
- a variety of albatross with black feet
- (slang) a foolish, silly or awkward person or thing; a goon.
- Any of several albatrosses, especially the black-footed albatross (Diomedea nigripes) and the Laysan albatross (Phoebastria immutabilis), that dwell primarily on islands in the Pacific Ocean, often near naval bases.
noun
- A weaverbird.
- A person who weaves; especially, one who weaves cloth for a living.
- A horizontal strand of material used in basket weaving.
- Any of certain fish of the family Pinguipedidae.
- Any of certain spider species, such as the sheet weaver or the funnel weaver, so named because they spin interesting and characteristic webs.
- An aquatic beetle of the genus Gyrinus.
- finch-like African and Asian colonial birds noted for their elaborately woven nests
- a craftsman who weaves cloth
noun
- long-tailed American blackbird having iridescent black plumage
- glossy black Asiatic starling often taught to mimic speech
- (loosely) Any of several Asian myna birds of the genus Gracula.
- Any of several passerine birds of the genera Quiscalus, Hypopyrrhus, Lampropsar and Macroagelaius, of the Americas, having iridescent plumage.
noun
- any bird of the family Icteridae whose male is black or predominantly black
- Certain blackbirds found in the New World in the genera of family Icteridae, to wit, Xanthocephalus, Nesopsar, Agelaius, Dives, Ptiloxena, Euphagus, Gymnomystax, Amblyramphus, Curaeus, Anumara, Gnorimopsar, Oreopsar, Agelasticus, Chrysomus, and Xanthopsar.
noun
- any bird of the family Icteridae whose male is black or predominantly black
- common black European thrush
- A variety of New World birds of the family Icteridae (26 species of icterid bird).
- A common true thrush, Turdus merula, found in woods and gardens over much of Eurasia, and introduced elsewhere.
- (slang, derogatory, historical, among slavers and pirates) A native of the South Pacific islands.
verb
noun
- Any of various African birds of the genus Euplectes; a kind of weaverbird closely related to the widowbirds.
- A chief of the Festival of Fools or St. Nicholas Day.
- (Christianity) An overseer of congregations: either any such overseer, generally speaking, or (in Eastern Orthodoxy, Catholicism, Anglicanism, etc.) an official in the church hierarchy (actively or nominally) governing a diocese, supervising the church's priests, deacons, and property in its territory.
- A flowering plant of the genus Bifora.
- (chess) The chess piece denoted ♗ or ♝ which moves along diagonal lines and developed from the shatranj alfil ("elephant") and was originally known as the aufil or archer in English.
- A sweet drink made from wine, usually with oranges, lemons, and sugar; mulled and spiced port.
- (religion, nonstandard) A similar official or chief priest in another religion.
- (dialectal) A ladybug or ladybird, beetles of the family Coccinellidae.
- port wine mulled with oranges and cloves
- a senior member of the Christian clergy having spiritual and administrative authority; appointed in Christian churches to oversee priests or ministers; considered in some churches to be successors of the twelve Apostles of Christ
- (chess) a piece that can be moved diagonally over unoccupied squares of the same color
verb
- (Christianity) To make a bishop.
- (Christianity, rare) To provide with bishops.
- (UK, dialectal) To permit food (especially milk) to burn while cooking (from bishops' role in the inquisition or as mentioned in the quotation below, of horses).
- (Christianity) To act as a bishop, to perform the duties of a bishop, especially to confirm another's membership in the church.
- (by extension, of equestrianism) To make a horse seem younger, particularly by manipulation of its teeth.
noun
adj
verb
noun
- A small Old World warbler, Eurasian blackcap (Sylvia atricapilla), which is mainly grey with a black crown.
- (cooking) An apple roasted until black, to be served in a dish of boiled custard.
- (Canada, US) The blackcap raspberry (Rubus leucodermis).
- small brownish-grey warbler with a black crown
- chickadee having a dark crown
- small black-headed European gull
- raspberry native to eastern North America having black thimble-shaped fruit
noun
noun
- Any of various other small passerine birds.
- (UK, Ireland, derogatory, slang) A police officer; a "tithead".
- A chickadee; a small passerine bird of the genus Parus or the family Paridae, common in the Northern Hemisphere.
- (chiefly in the plural) A person's breast or nipple.
- A morsel; a bit.
- An animal's teat or udder.
- (UK, Ireland, derogatory, slang) An idiot; a fool.
- small insectivorous birds
- the small projection of a mammary gland
- either of two soft fleshy milk-secreting glandular organs on the chest of a woman
noun
- A green-headed sunbird (Cyanomitra verticalis), of Africa.
- (informal) An Atlantic thread herring (Opisthonema oglinum), a herring-like fish in the family Clupeidae.
- (US, military, slang) A Green Beret.
- A scaly-breasted lorikeet (Trichoglossus chlorolepidotus), of Australia.
- (informal) An unripe fruit.
- (slang) A blob of nasal mucus; a bogey.
- (Australian politics, informal, by extension) A member of the Australian Greens.
- A white-plumed honeyeater (Ptilotula penicillata), of Australia.
- (surfing, slang) Diminutive of greenback.
- (US, slang) A beginner, a novice; a greenhorn.
- (US, Wyoming, derogatory, slang) A person from Colorado; after the color of the Colorado license plate.
- (chiefly Australia, New Zealand, slang, derogatory) An environmentalist, someone who shows concern for the environment; often aimed at environmental extremists.
- (US, slang) Amphetamines used in baseball.
- (informal) The yellowtail rockfish (Sebastes flavidus), a fish in the family Sebastidae.
- (golf) The player whose ball is closest to the hole on a par-3 hole after the first shot (drive), in the case when multiple players reach the green on that first shot and the player with the closest ball sinks the ball within the next two shots.
- A western silvereye (Zosterops lateralis chloronotus), of Western Australia.
- (informal) A small, green object.
noun
- The tropicbird.
- A kind of gull, the jaeger.
- The officer (or warrant officer) in charge of sails, rigging, anchors, cables etc. and all work on deck of a sailing ship.
- The petty officer of a merchant ship who controls the work of other seamen.
- a petty officer on a merchant ship who controls the work of other seamen
noun
- (UK) A great black-backed gull.
- A raccoon oyster.
- Any of various creatures having a saddle-shaped marking on the back.
- A variety of domestic goose.
- (architecture) A coping that is thicker in the middle than at the edges.
- A harp seal.
- A larva of the bombycid moth.
- (geology) An anticline.
- A roof in the same shape, having a gable at each end.
- A breed of pig which is black with a pink saddle-shaped marking.
- A saddle-shaped ridge forming a shallow pass between two peaks.
- (New Zealand) A passerine bird of the genus Philesturnus.
- a pass or ridge that slopes gently between two peaks (is shaped like a saddle)
- a double sloping roof with a ridge and gables at each end
adj
adv
verb
noun
- A bird, the black tern, seabird.
- The tail of an animal; now used only of the tail of a dog.
- The hinder part of anything.
- (nautical) The rear part (after end) of a ship or other vessel.
- (figurative) The post of management or direction.
- the rear part of a ship
- the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on
adj
verb
noun
- a west African bird having dark plumage mottled with white; native to Africa but raised for food in many parts of the world
- a former British gold coin worth 21 shillings
- Synonym of guinea fowl.
- (British, historical) A gold coin originally worth twenty shillings; later (from 1717 until the adoption of decimal currency) standardised at a value of twenty-one shillings.
- (US, slang, derogatory, ethnic slur) A person of Italian descent.
noun
noun
- Any of the large, black ducks of the genus Melanitta; the scoter.
- An ice scooter; a type of flat-bottomed, buoyant ice yacht used in the state of New York, equipped with runners for traveling over ice.
- A kick scooter or push scooter; a human-powered land vehicle with a handlebar, deck and wheels that is propelled by a rider pushing off the ground.
- A motorscooter; a small motorcycle or moped with a step-through frame.
- A scooter skirt (skort), especially when worn by girls as part of a school uniform.
- An electric version of the kick scooter.
- A mobility scooter; an electric-powered scooter specially designed for disabled or elderly people.
- (nautical, underwater diving, military) Synonym of diver propulsion vehicle.
- a wheeled vehicle with small wheels and a low-powered gasoline engine geared to the rear wheel
- child's two-wheeled vehicle operated by foot
- large black diving duck of northern parts of the Northern Hemisphere
- a sailing vessel with runners and a cross-shaped frame; suitable for traveling over ice
- a motorboat resembling a motor scooter
verb
noun
- large vulture of southern Europe and northern Africa having pale plumage with black wings
- winged monster with the head of an eagle and the body of a lion
- breed of various very small compact wiry-coated dogs of Belgian origin having a short bearded muzzle
- breed of medium-sized long-headed dogs with downy undercoat and harsh wiry outer coat; originated in Holland but largely developed in France
- Alternative form of griffin (legendary creature)
- A griffon vulture.
- A breed of dog usually called the Brussels griffon, reminiscent of the legendary creature.
noun
- a variety of albatross with black feet
- (slang) a foolish, silly or awkward person or thing; a goon.
- Any of several albatrosses, especially the black-footed albatross (Diomedea nigripes) and the Laysan albatross (Phoebastria immutabilis), that dwell primarily on islands in the Pacific Ocean, often near naval bases.
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