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Definition: Secretary Bird |
Secretary BirdNoun1. Large long-legged African bird of prey that feeds on reptiles. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonym: Secretary BirdSynonym: Sagittarius serpentarius (n). (additional references) |
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It is a large bird of prey in the order Falconiformes, which also includes many other diurnal raptors such as kitess, buzzards, vultures, and harrierss, but it is so distinctive that it is given its own family.
It looks like an eagle, with a hooked bill, but has rounded wings and, in particular, very long legs, more like a heron. It gets its English name from a crest of long feathers reminiscent of the old quill pens which a secretary in earlier days would have used.
The Secretary Bird is found in open grassy country in Africa south of the Sahara. It is largely terrestrial, and hunts its prey on foot. It eats small mammals and birds, snakes, insects, and eggs. It nests in a tree, laying two or three eggs.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Secretary Bird."
Crosswords: Secretary Bird |
| English words defined with "secretary bird": Messenger bird ♦ Snake eater, Snake killer. (references) |
| Language | Translations for "secretary bird"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | sekretär (bureau, secretaire, secretary). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | afrikai kígyászsas. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | screeudeyr (scribe, secretary, writer). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ecretarysay irdbay serpentário. (various references) секретарь (amanuenses, amanuensis, clerk, secretary). (various references) secretario (banyan, clerk, Registrar, sec, secretary). (various references) sekreter kuşu. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-b-c-d-e-e-i-r-r-r-s-t-y" | |
-3 letters: barretries. | |
-4 letters: barrister, barterers, bestirred, betrayers, careerist, catbriers, describer, dreariest, recarried, recarries, redbreast, redirects, retarders, secretary, traceried, traceries. | |
-5 letters: acerbest, acerbity, acridest, arbiters, arrested, arrester, arteries, ascribed, barretry, barriers, bartered, barterer, beadiest, beeyards, bestiary, bestride, betrayed, betrayer, birdseye, bisected, bistered, braiders, breasted, carbides, carriers, catbirds, catbrier, caterers, cratered, creasier, debaters, decayers, deciares, decriers. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)53 65 63 72 65 74 61 72 79 42 69 72 64 |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010011 01100101 01100011 01110010 01100101 01110100 01100001 01110010 01111001 00100000 01000010 01101001 01110010 01100100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)S e c r e t a r y   B i r d |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0053 0065 0063 0072 0065 0074 0061 0072 0079 0042 0069 0072 0064 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)537169847186678491236758470 |
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