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/flint"hed'/, n.the wood stork, Mycteria americana.[1790-1800, for an earlier sense; FLINT + HEAD]
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flinthead — flint·head … English syllables
flinthead — noun an American stork that resembles the true ibises in having a downward curved bill; inhabits wooded swamps of New World tropics • Syn: ↑wood ibis, ↑wood stork, ↑Mycteria americana • Hypernyms: ↑stork • Member Holonyms: ↑Mycteria, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
woodibis — wood ibis n. Any of several large, mainly white wading birds of the subfamily Mycteriinae, related to and resembling the storks, especially the New World species Mycteria americana, which inhabits wooded areas of tropical and subtropical America … Universalium
genus Mycteria — noun a genus of storks of the family Ciconiidae now including only the American wood ibis • Syn: ↑Mycteria • Hypernyms: ↑bird genus • Member Holonyms: ↑Ciconiidae, ↑family Ciconiidae • Member Meronyms: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
Mycteria — noun a genus of storks of the family Ciconiidae now including only the American wood ibis • Syn: ↑genus Mycteria • Hypernyms: ↑bird genus • Member Holonyms: ↑Ciconiidae, ↑family Ciconiidae • Member Meron … Useful english dictionary
Mycteria americana — noun an American stork that resembles the true ibises in having a downward curved bill; inhabits wooded swamps of New World tropics • Syn: ↑wood ibis, ↑wood stork, ↑flinthead • Hypernyms: ↑stork • Member Holonyms: ↑Mycteria, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
wood ibis — noun 1. an American stork that resembles the true ibises in having a downward curved bill; inhabits wooded swamps of New World tropics • Syn: ↑wood stork, ↑flinthead, ↑Mycteria americana • Hypernyms: ↑stork • Member Holonyms: ↑My … Useful english dictionary
wood stork — noun 1. an American stork that resembles the true ibises in having a downward curved bill; inhabits wooded swamps of New World tropics • Syn: ↑wood ibis, ↑flinthead, ↑Mycteria americana • Hypernyms: ↑stork • Member Holonyms: ↑Myct … Useful english dictionary
