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Meanings of flinthead in English

An American stork that resembles the true ibises in having a downward-curved bill; inhabits wooded swamps of New World tropics.

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Examples for "wood ibis"
Examples for "wood ibis"
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An aged and sickly wood ibis was killed by a whooping crane; and a night heron killed its mate.
The Minds and Manners of Wild Animals: A Book of Personal Observ...
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Lisa has identified twenty-five different bird species in python guts, including the endangered wood stork.
Swamp Bones
Usage of flinthead in English
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There they found the unfortunate Flintheads whom we had left bound.
Dick Onslow Among the Redskins
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Flinthead, you move them hosses in here!
David Lannarck, Midget / An Adventure Story
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Flinthead led out a horse, mounted and rode down a lane, propping the gates open as he went.
David Lannarck, Midget / An Adventure Story
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Our Charley Case (the comedians around the stables call him Flinthead) furnished the caricature of the lady.
David Lannarck, Midget / An Adventure Story
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On the morning of the roundup young Goff and Flinthead made a wide detour to appear at the easternmost side.
David Lannarck, Midget / An Adventure Story
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He had worked upon the store of shafts and flintheads he had accumulated, and here was the result in a great emergency!
The Story of Ab: A Tale of the Time of the Cave Man
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"Well, you and Mr. Potter and Mr. Flinthead just keep out of it," said Adine emphatically.
David Lannarck, Midget / An Adventure Story
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"Thar's Logan en Finch, with Flinthead en Hickory," exclaimed Landy, as the horsemen approached the far gate.
David Lannarck, Midget / An Adventure Story