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Bird feeding on parasitic ticks [2009]
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oxpecker
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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Oxpecker \Ox"peck`er\, n. (Zo["o]l.) An African bird of the genus Buphaga ; the beefeater.
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Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. Either of two species of passerine bird in the genus ''Buphagus'', in the monotypic family Buphagidae, endemic to sub-Saharan African savannah.
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Word definitions in Wikipedia
"Tickbird" redirects here. This term is also applied to other birds, e.g. the yellow-headed caracara ( Milvago chimachima ) of Latin America . The oxpeckers are two species of bird which make up the family Buphagidae . Some ornithologists regard them as ...
Usage examples of oxpecker.
Still grinning, he followed the freshest tracks away from the midden, hoping for a sighting, and had gone only half a mile when just beyond the wall of grey impenetrable bush that flanked the narrow trail, there was a sudden hissing, churring outcry of alarm calls and a cloud of brown oxpeckers rose above the scrub.