hammerhead stork

См. также в других словарях:

• stork — storklike, adj. /stawrk/, n., pl. storks, (esp. collectively) stork. 1. any of several wading birds of the family Ciconiidae, having long legs and a long neck and bill. Cf. adjutant stork, jabiru, marabou (def. 1), white stork …   Universalium

• hammerhead — hammerheaded, adj. /ham euhr hed /, n. 1. the part of a hammer designed for striking. 2. a shark of the genus Sphyrna, esp. S. zygaena, having the head expanded laterally so as to resemble a double headed hammer, sometimes dangerous to swimmers.… …   Universalium

• hammerheaded stork — noun see hammerhead 3b …   Useful english dictionary

• Hammerkop — Taxobox name = Hammerkop status = LC | status system = IUCN3.1 status ref = [IUCN2006|assessors=BirdLife International|year=2004|id=49615|title=Scopus umbretta|downloaded=12 May 2006 Database entry includes justification for why this species is… …   Wikipedia

• hammerkop — noun A bird from southern Africa, Scopus umbretta, of the Scopidae family and related to the herons. Syn: anvilhead, hamerkop, hammerhead, hammerhead stork, hammerkopf, tufted umber, umber bird, umbrette …   Wiktionary

• ciconiiform — ▪ bird Introduction    any member of the five or six families of storklike (stork) birds (bird): herons (heron) and bitterns (bittern) (Ardeidae), the shoebill (sole species of the Balaenicipitidae), the hammerhead (sole species of the Scopidae) …   Universalium

• Conservation in Belize — A bluehead wrasse in the Belize Barrier Reef, part of the world s second largest coral reef system. Since declaring independence in 1981, Belize has enacted many environmental protection laws aimed at the preservation of the country s natural and …   Wikipedia

• Bali — This article is about the Indonesian island. For other uses, see Bali (disambiguation). Bali   Province   …   Wikipedia

• Pelagornithidae — Temporal range: Late Paleocene Early Pleistocene 58.7–2.5 Ma …   Wikipedia

• birds — (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Flying animals Nouns 1. fowl; songbird, warbler; bird of prey; cock, hen; nestling, fledgling. See animal. 2. (land birds) I. (passerine) a. songbird, oscine, warbler, oriole, swallow, blackbird, blackcap …   English dictionary for students

• Diana Dors — from the trailer for the film The Unholy Wife (1957) Born Diana Mary Fluck 23 October 1931 Swindon, Wiltshire, England Died 4 May 1984 …   Wikipedia