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Found 1 hit - Term: wedge-tailed gull, Database: *, Strategy: prefix
[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
wedge-tailed \wedge"-tailed"\, a. zool.
   having a tail which has the middle pair of feathers longest,
   the rest successively and decidedly shorter, and all more or
   less attenuate; -- said of certain birds. see illust. of
   wood hoopoe, under wood.
   1913 webster

   wedge-tailed eagle, an australian eagle aquila audax
      which feeds on various small species of kangaroos, and on
      lambs; -- called also mountain eagle, bold eagle, and
      eagle hawk.

   wedge-tailed gull, an arctic gull rhodostethia rosea in
      which the plumage is tinged with rose; -- called also
      ross's gull.
      1913 webster
see also:
wood hoopoe wood wedge-tailed eagle aquila audax mountain eagle bold eagle 
eagle hawk wedge-tailed gull rhodostethia rosea ross's gull 

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