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It is a wader which breeds on exposed sand or shingle near rivers. 2–3 eggs are laid in a ground scrape. The nest and young are defended noisily and aggressively against all intruders, up to and including the hippopotamus.
In the hymns, Vayu is 'described as having "exceptional beauty" and moving noisily in his shining coach, driven by two or forty-nine or one-thousand white and purple horses. A white banner is his main attribute'. [9] Like the other atmospheric deities, he is a 'fighter and destroyer', 'powerful and heroic'. [22]
Euphlyctis cyanophlyctis is a common dicroglossid frog found in South Asia. [1] It is known under numerous common names, including Indian skipper frog or skittering frog. [2] ...
to suck "noisily", to make a "sucking" sound *t ʃ om: to step; to insist: pisar, bater o pé *t ʃ opin: to spit *t ʃ oraw: swallow *t ʃ owiʔ: rain, winter *t ʃ up: to kiss "noisily" *tun: hair, coat *tut: to walk *wak: to add, to pile up *waki: toad species *wan: to copulate, to have sex *wana: way, path, road *waɲam: Indian of enemy ...
Synonyms Phasianus hoazin Müller, 1776 The hoatzin ( / h oʊ ˈ æ t s ɪ n / hoh- AT -sin ) [ note 1 ] or hoactzin ( / h oʊ ˈ æ k t s ɪ n / hoh- AKT -sin ) ( Opisthocomus hoazin ) [ 4 ] is a species of tropical bird found in swamps, riparian forests, and mangroves of the Amazon and the Orinoco basins in South America .
Synonym list in cuneiform on a clay tablet, Neo-Assyrian period [1] A synonym is a word, morpheme, or phrase that means precisely or nearly the same as another word, morpheme, or phrase in a given language. [2] For example, in the English language, the words begin, start, commence, and initiate are all synonyms of one another: they are ...
A thesaurus (pl.: thesauri or thesauruses), sometimes called a synonym dictionary or dictionary of synonyms, is a reference work which arranges words by their meanings (or in simpler terms, a book where one can find different words with similar meanings to other words), [1] [2] sometimes as a hierarchy of broader and narrower terms, sometimes simply as lists of synonyms and antonyms.
The nest and young are defended noisily and aggressively against all intruders, up to and including horses and cattle. In winter, it forms huge flocks on open land, particularly arable land and mud-flats. It feeds primarily on insects and other small invertebrates.