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Birdlime

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limenoun(chemistry) Any inorganic material containing calcium, usually calcium oxide (quicklime) or calcium hydroxide (slaked lime).

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limenoun(chemistry) Any inorganic material containing calcium, usually calcium oxide (quicklime) or calcium hydroxide (slaked lime).
bird-limenounAlternative spelling of birdlime. [A sticky substance, of varying compositions, smeared on branches to catch birds.]
limetwignounA twig smeared with birdlime, used to catch or snare birds
lime-twignounA twig smeared with birdlime, used for catching birds.
bramble netnoun(archaic, rare) A net to catch birds.
birdcallnounAny vocalization of a bird.
perchnounAny of the three species of spiny-finned freshwater fish in the genus Perca.
birdfeednounFood intended for birds, often a mixture of various seeds.
bird's nestnounA structure built by a bird as a place to incubate its eggs and rear its young.
weeping treenounAny tree with pendulous branches, such as a weeping willow.
call birdnounA captive bird used by hunters to lure free-flying birds into a snare or trap.
mailnoun(now regional) A bag or wallet.
clipcagenounA small device for confining an insect to a leaf, mainly used in scientific studies.
lyratenounA long feather with a shape similar to the arm of a lyre, found in the tail of lyrebirds.
antingnoun(ornithology) The practice of some birds of rubbing live ants or occasionally other items into the feathers, possibly as a means of controlling parasites.
rhamphothecanounA thin horny sheath of keratin on the outer surface of a bird's beak
neossinenounThe salivary secretion various swift species use to make their nests.
kleptotrichynounthe act by birds of stealing hair from live mammals for the purpose of nestbuilding
glidenounThe act of gliding.
featherletnounA little feather.

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