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Definition of Snakebirds
1. snakebird [n] - See also: snakebird
Lexicographical Neighbors of Snakebirds
Literary usage of Snakebirds
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Handbook of Birds of Eastern North America: With Introductory Chapters on by Frank Michler Chapman (1912)
"There are four species of Darters, snakebirds or Water-Turkeys, one each in
Africa, southern Asia, Australia, and tropical and subtropical America. ..."
2. The Auk: Quarterly Journal of Ornithology by American Ornithologists' Union, Nuttall Ornithological Club (1893)
"... of the disconnected distribution of congeneric species in such groups as the
Tree Ducks, Egrets and Herons, Spoonbills, Flamingoes, snakebirds, Gannets, ..."
3. Color Key to North American Birds: With Bibliographical Appendix by Frank Michler Chapman, Chester Albert Reed (1912)
"At other times snakebirds mount high in the air and sail about, like Hawks, in
wide circles. They build a large, well-made nest in a bush or tree, ..."
4. Color Key to North American Birds: With Bibliographical Appendix by Frank Michler Chapman, Chester Albert Reed (1912)
"At other times snakebirds mount high in the air and sail about, like Hawks, in
wide circles. They build a large, well-made nest in a bush or tree, ..."
5. Through South America's Southland: With an Account of the Roosevelt by John Augustine Zahm (1916)
"... crested screamers, snow- white egrets and roseate spoonbills. In the water
were snakebirds, of which nothing was seen except their long, slender, ..."
6. The Heart of England by Edward Thomas (1906)
"But he is proudest of his coaching years and especially of one day. It was a very
fine April. The snakebirds or ..."
7. Our Search for a Wilderness: An Account of Two Ornithological Expeditions to by Blair Niles, William Beebe (1910)
"Guiana Cormorants'7 and snakebirds** rose or dived ahead of the launch, twenty
of the former taking refuge in one small tree as we passed. ..."
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