Bird-lime

  • 11Bird's lime — the time …

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  • 12bird's lime — Australian Slang the time …

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  • 13Turkey (bird) — For the familiar species, see Domestic turkey and Wild Turkey. For other uses, see Turkey (disambiguation). Meleagris redirects here. For other uses, see Meleagris (disambiguation). Turkey Temporal range: Early Miocene to Recent …

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  • 14Plum bird — Plum Plum, n. [AS. pl[=u]me, fr. L. prunum; akin to Gr. ?, ?. Cf. {Prune} a dried plum.] [1913 Webster] 1. (Bot.) The edible drupaceous fruit of the {Prunus domestica}, and of several other species of {Prunus}; also, the tree itself, usually… …

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  • 15birdlime — bird•lime [[t]ˈbɜrdˌlaɪm[/t]] n. v. limed, lim•ing. 1) a sticky material smeared on twigs to catch small birds that alight 2) to smear or catch with or as if with birdlime • Etymology: 1400–50; late ME brydelyme. See bird, lime …

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  • 16Birdlime — is a viscid, adhesive substance used in trapping birds. It is spread on a branch or twig, upon which a bird may land and be caught. Its use is illegal in many countries.Historically, the substance has been prepared in various ways, and from… …

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  • 17Birdlime — Bird lime , n. [Bird + lime viscous substance.] An extremely adhesive viscid substance, usually made of the middle bark of the holly, by boiling, fermenting, and cleansing it. When a twig is smeared with this substance it will hold small birds… …

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  • 18Tiger hunting — by George Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston and a woman in British India, 1903. Tiger hunting is the capture and kill of tigers. Humans are the tiger s most significant predator, and illegal poaching is a major threat to the tiger. The… …

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  • 19Ixodes — A genus of hard ticks (family Ixodidae), many species of which are parasitic on humans and animals; they are characterized by an anal groove surrounding the anus anteriorly, absence of eyes and festoons, and marked sexual dimorphism; about 40… …

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  • 20Mistletoe — For other uses, see Mistletoe (disambiguation). European mistletoe attached to a silver birch Mistletoe is the common name for obligate hemi parasitic plants in several families in the order Santalales. The plants in question grow attached to and …

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