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rainbird

n. (context South Africa English) Any of the coucal species (taxlink Centropus supercilliosus species noshow=1), (taxlink Centropus cupreicadus species noshow=1), ''Centropus senegalensis''.

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Rainbird

Rainbird, Rain Bird or Rainbirds may refer to:

Rainbird (horse)

Rainbird was an Australian Thoroughbred racehorse who won the 1945 Melbourne Cup.

Ridden by Billy Cook she carried just 7 st 7 lb (48 kg) to victory in the Cup, winning by a margin of lengths.

Usage examples of "rainbird".

I had just come off Purgatory with you, and she wondered if you were the person this Rainbird was after.

Paul was trying to leave a message for me that Rainbird was there on Purgatory.

A man like Rainbird is essentially incomplete emotionally and pretty much of a coward at heart.

I could wait there until you and Silk take care of this Rainbird person.

He went back to staring out the rain-lashed window and wished Rainbird were already in hell.

I decided to put a lot of distance between me and this Rainbird character until things cooled down.

All in all, Mattie thought, Rainbird had the classic heroic look historically associated with a leader of men.

Mattie sucked in her breath in a startled gasp as Rainbird eased closer.

Suddenly Mattie wondered if Rainbird already knew about the secret panel and had walled it up.

By now Rainbird would have sent his men out into the jungle on the theory that she would not go far.

She would rather die of thirst and starvation in the cavern than lure Hugh to his death, and she knew that was what Rainbird intended.

It was worse than any crowded elevator but not quite as bad as having Jack Rainbird try to seduce her in a white and silver room.

But perhaps after a day or so Rainbird would not be looking so hard for her.

And as far as Rainbird was concerned, it was safe to let me go in there.

He was the only one other than Rainbird who was actually in the house.