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   baby bird
         n 1: young bird not yet fledged [syn: {nestling}, {baby bird}]

English Dictionary: Bufo viridis by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
baby farmer
n
  1. someone who runs an establishment that houses and cares for babies for a fee
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
booby prize
n
  1. a prize given to one who finishes last in a contest
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Bubo virginianus
n
  1. brown North American horned owl [syn: great horned owl, Bubo virginianus]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Bufo boreas
n
  1. of a great variety of habitats from southern Alaska to Baja California west of the Rockies
    Synonym(s): western toad, Bufo boreas
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Bufo viridis
n
  1. Eurasian toad with variable chiefly green coloring [syn: Eurasian green toad, Bufo viridis]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Baby farm \Ba"by farm`\
      A place where the nourishment and care of babies are offered
      for hire.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Baby farmer \Ba"by farm`er\
      One who keeps a baby farm.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Baby farming \Ba"by farm`ing\
      The business of keeping a baby farm.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Boviform \Bo"vi*form\, a. [L. bos, bovis, ox + -form.]
      Resembling an ox in form; ox-shaped. [R.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Eagle \Ea"gle\, n. [OE. egle, F. aigle, fr. L. aquila; prob.
      named from its color, fr. aquilus dark-colored, brown; cf.
      Lith. aklas blind. Cf. {Aquiline}.]
      1. (Zo[94]l.) Any large, rapacious bird of the Falcon family,
            esp. of the genera {Aquila} and {Hali[91]etus}. The eagle
            is remarkable for strength, size, graceful figure,
            keenness of vision, and extraordinary flight. The most
            noted species are the golden eagle ({Aquila
            chrysa[89]tus}); the imperial eagle of Europe ({A.
            mogilnik [or] imperialis}); the American bald eagle
            ({Hali[91]etus leucocephalus}); the European sea eagle
            ({H. albicilla}); and the great harpy eagle ({Thrasaetus
            harpyia}). The figure of the eagle, as the king of birds,
            is commonly used as an heraldic emblem, and also for
            standards and emblematic devices. See {Bald eagle},
            {Harpy}, and {Golden eagle}.
  
      2. A gold coin of the United States, of the value of ten
            dollars.
  
      3. (Astron.) A northern constellation, containing Altair, a
            star of the first magnitude. See {Aquila}.
  
      4. The figure of an eagle borne as an emblem on the standard
            of the ancient Romans, or so used upon the seal or
            standard of any people.
  
                     Though the Roman eagle shadow thee.   --Tennyson.
  
      Note: Some modern nations, as the United States, and France
               under the Bonapartes, have adopted the eagle as their
               national emblem. Russia, Austria, and Prussia have for
               an emblem a double-headed eagle.
  
      {Bald eagle}. See {Bald eagle}.
  
      {Bold eagle}. See under {Bold}.
  
      {Double eagle}, a gold coin of the United States worth twenty
            dollars.
  
      {Eagle hawk} (Zo[94]l.), a large, crested, South American
            hawk of the genus {Morphnus}.
  
      {Eagle owl} (Zo[94]l.), any large owl of the genus {Bubo},
            and allied genera; as the American great horned owl ({Bubo
            Virginianus}), and the allied European species ({B.
            maximus}). See {Horned owl}.
  
      {Eagle ray} (Zo[94]l.), any large species of ray of the genus
            {Myliobatis} (esp. {M. aquila}).
  
      {Eagle vulture} (Zo[94]l.), a large West African bid
            ({Gypohierax Angolensis}), intermediate, in several
            respects, between the eagles and vultures.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Horned \Horned\, a.
      Furnished with a horn or horns; furnished with a hornlike
      process or appendage; as, horned cattle; having some part
      shaped like a horn.
  
               The horned moon with one bright star Within the nether
               tip.                                                      --Coleridge.
  
      {Horned bee} (Zo[94]l.), a British wild bee ({Osmia
            bicornis}), having two little horns on the head.
  
      {Horned dace} (Zo[94]l.), an American cyprinoid fish
            ({Semotilus corporialis}) common in brooks and ponds; the
            common chub. See Illust. of {Chub}.
  
      {Horned frog} (Zo[94]l.), a very large Brazilian frog
            ({Ceratophrys cornuta}), having a pair of triangular horns
            arising from the eyelids.
  
      {Horned grebe} (Zo[94]l.), a species of grebe ({Colymbus
            auritus}), of Arctic Europe and America, having two dense
            tufts of feathers on the head.
  
      {Horned horse} (Zo[94]l.), the gnu.
  
      {Horned lark} (Zo[94]l.), the shore lark.
  
      {Horned lizard} (Zo[94]l.), the horned toad.
  
      {Horned owl} (Zo[94]l.), a large North American owl ({Bubo
            Virginianus}), having a pair of elongated tufts of
            feathers on the head. Several distinct varieties are
            known; as, the Arctic, Western, dusky, and striped horned
            owls, differing in color, and inhabiting different
            regions; -- called also {great horned owl}, {horn owl},
            {eagle owl}, and {cat owl}. Sometimes also applied to the
            {long-eared owl}. See {Eared owl}, under {Eared}.
  
      {Horned poppy}. (Bot.) See {Horn poppy}, under {Horn}.
  
      {Horned pout} (Zo[94]l.), an American fresh-water siluroid
            fish; the bullpout.
  
      {Horned rattler} (Zo[94]l.), a species of rattlesnake
            ({Crotalus cerastes}), inhabiting the dry, sandy plains,
            from California to Mexico. It has a pair of triangular
            horns between the eyes; -- called also {sidewinder}.
  
      {Horned ray} (Zo[94]l.), the sea devil.
  
      {Horned screamer} (Zo[94]l.), the kamichi.
  
      {Horned snake} (Zo[94]l.), the cerastes.
  
      {Horned toad} (Zo[94]l.), any lizard of the genus
            {Phrynosoma}, of which nine or ten species are known.
            These lizards have several hornlike spines on the head,
            and a broad, flat body, covered with spiny scales. They
            inhabit the dry, sandy plains from California to Mexico
            and Texas. Called also {horned lizard}.
  
      {Horned viper}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Cerastes}.
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