1) Bird that dines on stingers 2) Bird that thrives on hives 3) Hirundine bird 4) Insectivorous bird 5) Old World bird 6) Old-World bird 7) Relative of a kingfisher
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1) An Englishman 2) Bodyguard 3) Carnivorous guard 4) DC Comics superhero 5) Escort 6) Exclusively Saxon word 7) Exclusively Anglo word 8) Guard at the Tower of London 9) Tower of London 10) Tower of london guard 11) Tower of London warder 12) Word of purely Anglo origin 13) Word with Anglo-Saxon origins
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1) Gin 2) Yeoman
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The bee-eaters are a group of near-passerine birds in the family Meropidae. Most species are found in Africa and Asia but others occur in southern Europe, Australia, and New Guinea. They are characterised by richly coloured plumage, slender bodies, and usually elongated central tail feathers. All have long downturned bills and pointed wings, which...
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• (n.) An African bird of the genus Rhinopomastes. • (n.) A bird of the genus Merops, that feeds on bees. The European species (M. apiaster) is remarkable for its brilliant colors.
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• (n.) One of the yeomen of the guard, in England. • (n.) An African bird of the genus Buphaga, which feeds on the larvae of botflies hatched under the skin of oxen, antelopes, etc. Two species are known. • (n.) One who eats beef; hence, a large, fleshy person.
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any of about 25 species of brightly coloured birds of the family Meropidea (order Coraciiformes). Found throughout tropical and subtropical Eurasia, ... [2 related articles]
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1. One who eats beef; hence, a large, fleshy person. ... 2. One of the yeomen of the guard, in England. ... 3. <zoology> An African bird of the genus Buphaga, which feeds on the larvae of botflies hatched under the skin of oxen, antelopes, etc. Two species are known. ... Origin: Beef + eater; prob. One who eats another's beef, as his servant....
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Bee'-eat`er noun (Zoology) (a) A bird of the genus
Merops , that feeds on bees. The European species (
M. apiaster ) is remarkable for its brilliant colors.
(b) An African bird of the genus
Rhinopomastes .
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Beef'eat`er noun [
Beef +
eater ; probably one who eats another's
beef , as his servant. Confer Anglo-Saxon
hlāf...ta servant, properly a loaf eater.]
1. One who eats beef; hence, a large, fleshy person.
2. One of the yeomen of the guard, in England....
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[
n] - colorful chiefly tropical Old World bird having a strong graceful flight
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noun colorful chiefly tropical Old World bird having a strong graceful flight; feeds on especially bees
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Brightly-coloured bird
Merops apiaster, family Meropidae, order Coraciiformes, found in Africa, southern Europe, and Asia. Bee-eaters are slender, with chestnut, yellow, and blue-green plumage, a long bill and pointed wings, and a flight like that of the swallow, which ...
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any of several colorful birds of the family Meropidae, of the Old World tropics, that feed on bees and other insects.
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a yeoman of the English royal guard or a warder of the Tower of London. · an Englishman. · a person who eats beef.
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