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Any one of numerous species of limicoline birds belonging to the family Charadridae, and especially those belonging to the subfamily Charadrinsae. They are prized as game birds.

• Subfamily
  One of the subdivisions, of more importance than genus, into which certain families are divided.
• Belonging
  of Belong
• BIRDSBEAK
  A molding whose section is thought to resemble a beak.
• Especially
  In an especial manner; chiefly; particularly; peculiarly; in an uncommon degree.
• BIRDSEYEMAPLE
  See under Maple.
• BIRDSFOOT
  A papilionaceous plant, the Ornithopus, having a curved, cylindrical pod tipped with a short, clawlike point. Bird's-foot trefoil. (Bot.) (a) A genus of plants (Lotus) with clawlike pods. L. corniculatas, with yellow flowers, is very common in Great Bri
• Limicoline
  Shore-inhabiting; of or pertaining to the Limicolae.
• BIRDSMOUTH
  An interior acrow's-foot in the United States.
• BIRDSNESTBIRDSNEST
  The nest of a small swallow (Collocalia nidifica and several allied species), of China and the neighboring countries, which is mixed with soups. Note: The nests are found in caverns and fissures of cliffs on rocky coasts, and are composed in part of al
• Prizable
  Valuable.
• BIRDSNESTING
  Hunting for, or taking, birds' nests or their contents.

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