clivers

For he told her clivers tales and fables, of his awefull power among the other Gods, and stolne pleasures of his upon the earth; yet gracing her praises above all his other Loves, and vowes made now, to affect none but her onely, as his often visitations should more constantly assure her, that she verily credited all his protestations, and thought his kisses and embraces, farre to exceed any mortall comparison.

The Decameron 2004

The birds were lank black clivers (Plotus), exceedingly wild; the African roller (Coracias); halcyons of several species, especially a white and black kingfisher, nimble and comely; many swallows, horn-bills, and wild pigeons which made the bush resound; ardeine birds, especially a heron, like the large Indian

Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo 2003

The birds were lank black clivers (Plotus), exceedingly wild; the

Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo Volume 2 Richard Francis Burton 1855