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An extensive division of birds which includes the woodpeckers, toucans, trogons, hornbills, kingfishers, motmots, rollers, and goatsuckers. By some writers it is made to include also the cuckoos, swifts, and humming birds.

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  • DIVISIONARY
    Divisional.
  • DIVISIONALLY
    So as to be divisional.
  • HUMMER
    A humming bird. (more info) 1. One who, or that which, hums; one who applauds by humming. Ainsworth.
  • WHICHEVER; WHICHSOEVER
    Whether one or another; whether one or the other; which; that one which; as, whichever road you take, it will lead you to town.
  • HUMMOCKY
    Abounding in hummocks.
  • HUMMOCKING
    The process of forming hummocks in the collision of Arctic ice. Kane.
  • EXTENSIVELY
    To a great extent; widely; largely; as, a story is extensively circulated.
  • WHICH
    the root of hwa who + lic body; hence properly, of what sort or kind; akin to OS. hwilik which, OFries. hwelik, D. welk, G. welch, OHG. welih, hwelih, Icel. hvilikr, Dan. & Sw. hvilken, Goth. hwileiks, 1. Of what sort or kind; what; what a; who.
  • INCLUDED
    Inclosed; confined. Included stamens , such as are shorter than the floral envelopes, or are concealed within them.
  • WRITERSHIP
    The office of a writer.
  • DIVISIONAL
    That divides; pas, a divisional line; a divisional general; a divisional surgeon of police. Divisional planes , planes of separation between rock masses. They include joints.
  • HUMMING
    A sound like that made by bees; a low, murmuring sound; a hum. Hummingale, lively or strong ale. Dryden. -- Humming bird , any bird of the family Trochilidæ, of which over one hundred genera are known, including about four hundred species. They
  • EXTENSIVENESS
    The state of being extensive; wideness; largeness; extent; diffusiveness.
  • EXTENSIVE
    1. Having wide extent; of much superficial extent; expanded; large; broad; wide; comprehensive; as, an extensive farm; an extensive lake; an extensive sphere of operations; extensive benevolence; extensive greatness. 2. Capable of being extended.
  • HUMMEL
    To separate from the awns; -- said of barley.
  • DIVISIONOR
    One who divides or makes division. Sheldon.
  • DIVISION
    The process of finding how many times one number or quantity is contained in another; the reverse of multiplication; also, the rule by which the operation is performed. (more info) 1. The act or process of diving anything into parts, or the state
  • HUMMOCK
    1. A rounded knoll or hillock; a rise of ground of no great extent, above a level surface. 2. A ridge or pile of ice on an ice field. 3. Timbered land. See Hammock.
  • BIRDSEED
    Canary seed, hemp, millet or other small seeds used for feeding caged birds.
  • HUMMELER
    One who, or a machine which, hummels.
  • THUMMIE
    The chiff-chaff.
  • MISDIVISION
    Wrong division.
  • THUMMIM
    A mysterious part or decoration of the breastplate of the Jewish high priest. See the note under Urim.
  • INDIVISION
    A state of being not divided; oneness. Bp. Hall.
  • COEXTENSIVE
    Equally extensive; having as, consciousness and knowledge are coextensive. Sir W. Hamilton. -- Co`ex*ten"sive*ly, adv. -- Co`ex*ten"sive*ness, n.

 

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