Wrybill

Wrybill
Wrybill \Wry"bill`\, n. (Zo["o]l.) See {Crookbill}. [1913 Webster]

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  • Wrybill — sitting on eggs Conservation status …   Wikipedia

  • wrybill — ▪ bird also called  Wrybill Plover        (Anarhynchus frontalis), New Zealand bird of the plover family, Charadriidae (order Charadriiformes), with the bill curved about 20° to the right. This unique bill configuration is present even in the… …   Universalium

  • wrybill — kreivasnapiai kirlikai statusas T sritis zoologija | vardynas atitikmenys: lot. Anarhynchus angl. wrybill vok. Schiefschnabel, m rus. кривоносый зуёк, m pranc. pluvier anarhynque, m ryšiai: platesnis terminas – sėjikai siauresnis terminas –… …   Paukščių pavadinimų žodynas

  • wrybill — kreivasnapis kirlikas statusas T sritis zoologija | vardynas atitikmenys: lot. Anarhynchus frontalis angl. wrybill vok. Schiefschnabel, m rus. кривоносый зуёк, m pranc. pluvier anarhynque, m ryšiai: platesnis terminas – kreivasnapiai kirlikai …   Paukščių pavadinimų žodynas

  • wrybill — noun /ˈɹaɪ.bɪl/lang=en A species of small bird in the plover family Charadriidae, unique in having a beak that is bent sideways, endemic to New Zealand. Syn: ngutuparore …   Wiktionary

  • wrybill — noun a small New Zealand plover with a bill that bends to the right. [Anarhynchus frontalis.] …   English new terms dictionary

  • wrybill — /ˈraɪbɪl / (say ruybil) noun a shorebird, Anarhynchus frontalis, of New Zealand, related to the plovers, and having its bill twisted to the right. {wry (def. 3) + bill2} …  

  • wrybill — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun or wry billed plover : a peculiar shorebird (Anarhynchus frontalis) of New Zealand that is related to the plovers and unique in having its bill sharply deflected to the right * * * wryˈbill noun A New Zealand bird (Anarhynchus… …   Useful english dictionary

  • New Zealand Storm-petrel — Taxobox name = New Zealand Storm petrel status = CR | status system = IUCN3.1 trend = unknown regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Aves ordo = Procellariiformes familia = Hydrobatidae genus = Oceanites species = O. maorianus binomial =… …   Wikipedia

  • Anarhynchus — Schiefschnabel Brütender Schiefschnabel (Anarhynchus frontalis) Systematik Klasse: Vögel (Aves) …   Deutsch Wikipedia

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