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Any one of numerous species of fruit-eating birds of tropical America belonging to Ramphastos, Pteroglossus, and allied genera of the family Ramphastidæ. They have a very large, but light and thin, beak, often nearly as long as the body itself.

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Any one of numerous species of fruit-eating birds of tropical America belonging to Ramphastos, Pteroglossus, and allied genera of the family Ramphastidæ. They have a very large, but light and thin, beak, often nearly as long as the body itself. Most of the species are brilliantly colored with red, yellow, white, and black in striking contrast.

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  Eatable growth of grass for horses and cattle, esp. that of aftermath.
• FRUIT
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• FRUITAGE
  1. Fruit, collectively; fruit, in general; fruitery. The trees . . . ambrosial fruitage bear. Milton. 2. Product or result of any action; effect, good or ill.
• LIGHT
  licht, OHG. lioht, Goth. liuhap, Icel. lj, L. lux light, lucere to 1. That agent, force, or action in nature by the operation of which upon the organs of sight, objects are rendered visible or luminous. Note: Light was regarded formerly
• EATH
  Easy or easily. "Eath to move with plaints." Fairfax.
• ALLICIENT
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• ALLINEATION; ALINEEATION
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• EATABLE
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• ALLITERAL
  Pertaining to, or characterized by alliteration.
• AMERICANIZATION
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• GENERABILITY
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• FRUITIVE
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• GENERALIZED
  Comprising structural characters which are separated in more specialized forms; synthetic; as, a generalized type.
• LIGHTSOME
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• GENERALIZABLE
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• LIGHTNESS
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• LIGHT-ARMED
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  One who alliterates.
• GALLIASS
  See GALLEASS
• MEATY
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• COLLINEATION
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• REPEAT
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• UNCREATED
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• TREATMENT
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