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21 crow
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22 crumb
(a tiny piece, especially of bread: She puts crumbs for the birds on her window-sill.) (brauð)mylsna -
23 cuckoo
['kuku:]plural - cuckoos; noun(a bird, named after its call, which lays eggs in the nests of other birds.) gaukur -
24 distinct
[di'stiŋkt]1) (easily seen, heard or noticed: There are distinct differences between the two; Her voice is very distinct.) greinilegur; augljós2) (separate or different: Those two birds are quite distinct - you couldn't confuse them.) frábrugðinn•- distinctness
- distinction
- distinctive
- distinctively -
25 droppings
noun plural (excrement (of animals or birds).) saur; tað, mykja, skítur, drit -
26 eaves
[i:vz](the edge of the roof sticking out beyond the wall: There are birds nesting under the eaves.) þakskegg -
27 flight
I noun1) (act of flying: the flight of a bird.) flug2) (a journey in a plane: How long is the flight to New York?) flug3) (a number of steps or stairs: A flight of steps.) stigahluti milli stigapalla eða hæða4) (a number of birds etc flying or moving through the air: a flight of geese; a flight of arrows.) (far)fuglahópur; örvadrífa•- flighty- flight deck
- in flight See also:- fly 2II noun(the act of fleeing or running away from an enemy, danger etc: The general regarded the flight of his army as a disgrace.) flótti -
28 flock
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29 for instance
(for example: Some birds, penguins for instance, cannot fly at all.) til dæmis -
30 game
[ɡeim] 1. noun1) (an enjoyable activity, which eg children play: a game of pretending.) leikur2) (a competitive form of activity, with rules: Football, tennis and chess are games.) kappleikur, keppni3) (a match or part of a match: a game of tennis; winning (by) three games to one.) leikur, lota, hrina,4) ((the flesh of) certain birds and animals which are killed for sport: He's very fond of game; ( also adjective) a game bird.) veiðidÿr; villibráð2. adjective(brave; willing; ready: a game old guy; game for anything.) djarfur; fús- gamely- games
- gamekeeper
- game point
- game reserve
- game warden
- the game is up -
31 gregarious
[ɡri'ɡeəriəs]1) (liking the company of other people: a gregarious person.) félagslyndur2) ((of animals, birds etc) living in groups: Geese are gregarious.) hópsækinn, hjarðleitinn -
32 handbook
noun (a small book giving information about (how to do) something: a handbook of European birds; a bicycle-repair handbook.) handbók, uppsláttarbók -
33 imitate
['imiteit] 1. verb(to (try to) be, behave or look the same as (a person etc): Children imitate their friends rather than their parents; He could imitate the song of many different birds.) líkja eftir2. adjective(made to look like something else: imitation wood.) gervi-, óekta-, -líki- imitativeness
- imitator -
34 incubate
['iŋkjubeit]1) (to produce (young birds) from eggs by sitting on them or by keeping them warm by some other means.) liggja á; unga út2) ((of germs or disease) to develop until signs of the disease appear: How long does chickenpox take to incubate?) ganga með sótt•- incubator -
35 mate
[meit] 1. verb1) (to come, or bring (animals etc), together for breeding: The bears have mated and produced a cub.) maka sig2) ((chess) to checkmate (someone).) máta2. noun1) (an animal etc with which another is paired for breeding: Some birds sing in order to attract a mate.) maki2) (a husband or wife.) maki3) (a companion or friend: We've been mates for years.) félagi, vinur4) (a fellow workman or assistant: a carpenter's mate.) vinnufélagi5) (a merchant ship's officer under the master or captain: the first mate.) stÿrimaður; bátsmaður6) (in chess, checkmate.) mát -
36 meat
[mi:t](the flesh of animals or birds used as food: She does not eat meat; ( also adjective) What did you have for the meat course?) kjöt- meaty -
37 moult
[məult]((of birds, dogs or cats, snakes etc) to shed feathers, hair, a skin etc.) skipta um ham; fella fjaðrir -
38 native to
((of plants and animals) belonging originally to a particular place: These birds are native to Australia.) skepna eða jurt sem er upprunnin á tilteknum stað -
39 nest
[nest] 1. noun(a structure or place in which birds (and some animals and insects) hatch or give birth to and look after their young: The swallows are building a nest under the roof of our house; a wasp's nest.) hreiður2. verb(to build a nest and live in it: A pair of robins are nesting in that bush.) byggja hreiður- nestling- nest-egg
- feather one's own nest
- feather one's nest -
40 ornithology
[o:ni'Ɵolə‹i](the scientific study of birds and their behaviour: He is interested in ornithology.) fuglafræði- ornithologist
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