Short-winged
81Conocephalus discolor — Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class …
82procellariiform — ▪ bird Introduction any of the group of seabirds that includes the albatrosses (albatross) (family Diomedeidae); shearwaters (shearwater), fulmars (fulmar), prions (prion), and large petrels (petrel) (Procellariidae); storm petrels (storm… …
83Archimantis latistyla — Taxobox name = Large brown mantis image width = 250px image caption = Archimantis latistyla underneath a carrot flower regnum = Animalia phylum = Arthropoda classis = Insecta superordo = Dictyoptera ordo = Mantodea familia = Mantidae genus =… …
84dipteran — /dip teuhr euhn/, adj. 1. dipterous (def. 1). n. 2. a dipterous insect. [1835 45; DIPTER(A) + AN] * * * Any member of the more than 85,000 species in the insect order Diptera (the two winged, or true, flies), characterized by the use of only one… …
85brachypterous — adjective (especially of certain insects) having very short or rudimentary wings • Syn: ↑short winged • Similar to: ↑winged * * * (ˈ)bra|kiptərəs, brəˈk adjective Etymology: Greek brachypteros, from brachy + pteros (from …
86charadriiform — ▪ bird order Introduction any member of the large group of birds (bird) that includes the sandpipers (sandpiper), plovers (plover), gulls (gull), auks (auk), and their relatives. These birds form an important and familiar segment of the… …
87American Crow — American Crow …
88Falconry training and technique — Training raptors (birds of prey) is a complex undertaking. Books containing hundreds of pages of information and advice by experienced falconers are still rudimentary at best.Many important details vary between individual raptors, species of… …
89goshawk — /gos hawk /, n. any of several powerful, short winged hawks, as Accipiter gentilis, of Europe and America, formerly much used in falconry. [bef. 1000; ME goshauk, OE goshafoc. See GOOSE, HAWK1] * * * Any of the more powerful accipiters (hawks in… …
90Sibley-Monroe checklist 9 — The Sibley Monroe checklist was a landmark document in the study of birds. It drew on extensive DNA DNA hybridisation studies to reassess the relationships between modern birds. Ciconiiformes (continued)Podicipedidae* Rollandia rolland White… …
