flinthead
flinthead · flintheads
A bird, the wood storkA bird, the wood stork.
Meaning
1 sensesA bird, the wood stork.
More definitions
- an American stork that resembles the true ibises in having a downward-curved bill; inhabits wooded swamps of New World tropics
Origin
From flint + head, from the grey colour of the head.From flint + head, from the grey colour of the head.
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Forms
plural: flintheads| Singular | flinthead |
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Synonyms
3 synonymsClose in meaning
- an American stork that resembles the true ibises in having a downward-curved bill; inhabits wooded swamps of New World tropics:wood ibiswood storkMycteria americana
See also
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