Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Having a red back: as, the red-backed sandpiper, Tringa alpina; the red-backed shrike, Lanius rufus; the red-backed humming-bird, Selasphorus rufus.
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Examples
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As you'll see in this first video, the eyes can do double duty, at least in large-eyed species like the red-backed salamander.
David Mizejewski: Salamander Eating Habits David Mizejewski 2011
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As you'll see in this first video, the eyes can do double duty, at least in large-eyed species like the red-backed salamander.
David Mizejewski: Salamander Eating Habits David Mizejewski 2011
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A few red-backed dark-eyed juncos showed up, their feathers extravagantly fluffed out against the cold.
Bird Cloud Annie Proulx 2011
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As you'll see in this first video, the eyes can do double duty, at least in large-eyed species like the red-backed salamander.
David Mizejewski: Salamander Eating Habits David Mizejewski 2011
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"They were the red-backed, arguably the most common."
City Salamander Hunt Ralph Gardner Jr. 2011
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Black-backed creatures climbed up from the boiling sea, and red-backed creatures scuttled down from the volcano.
GuildWars Edge of Destiny J. Robert King 2011
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Adult Brahminy kite, Haliastur indus, also known (for obvious reasons) as the red-backed sea-eagle, photographed at Pulau Langkawi, Langkawi Permata Kedah (the Jewel of Kedah), Malaysia.
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A few red-backed dark-eyed juncos showed up, their feathers extravagantly fluffed out against the cold.
Bird Cloud Annie Proulx 2011
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A few red-backed dark-eyed juncos showed up, their feathers extravagantly fluffed out against the cold.
Bird Cloud Annie Proulx 2011
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A few red-backed dark-eyed juncos showed up, their feathers extravagantly fluffed out against the cold.
Bird Cloud Annie Proulx 2011
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