Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
Gracula . - noun A genus of choughs.
- noun A genus of cormorants: same as
Phalacrocorax .
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Examples
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Among the 102 species of birds are spotted eagle Aquila clanga (VU), golden eagle Aquila chrysaetos, capercaillie Tetrao urogallus, hazel grouse Bonasa bonasia, eagle owl Bubo bubo, black woodpecker Dryocopus martius, three-toed woodpecker Picoides trydactilus and Alpine chough Pyrrhocorax graculus.
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Diogenianus, Adsidet usque graculus apud graculum, they much delight in one another's company,
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Birds were scarce, with the exception of alpine pigeons (_Columba leuconota_), red-legged crows (_Corvus graculus, _ L.), and the horned pheasant
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miluus et pluuiae graculus auctor aquae; uiuit et armiferae cornix inuisa Mineruae, 35
The Dead Parrot Ovid 1912
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Si nodurna tibi cornix canit, he (perus aethrae Cum redit; innumero fi cantu graculus inflat;
Arati Solensis Phaenomena et Diosemea graece et latine ad codd. mss. et optimarvm edd. fidem recensita Buhle, Johann Gottlieb, 1763-1821, ed 1793
chained_bear commented on the word graculus
See nectarinea for a usage note.
March 5, 2008
reesetee commented on the word graculus
A jackdaw!
March 5, 2008