Vocabulary

wattlebird (Anthochaera genus)

little wattlebird (Anthochaera lunulata)

brush wattlebird (Anthochaera chrysoptera)

red wattlebird (Anthochaera carunculata)

yellow wattlebird (Anthochaera paradoxa)

Meliphagidae (honeyeater family of birds)

Phasianidae (pheasant family of birds)

Galliformes; galliform order of birds

Odontophoridae (New World quail family of birds)

Anseriformes (order of swimming birds)

Anatidae (duck family of birds)

Sibley-Ahlquist taxonomy of birds

Hawaiian honeycreeper

male carer (at a nursery school, children's home, etc.); childcare worker

dispersed (of citizens in a war-torn country, etc.)

being scattered in all directions; being broken up and dispersed

rebellion

defoliant

lintel of the alcove in a tea room or a window in a shoin-style reception room

dropping; losing

to entwine; to entangle

to entwine; to entangle

under the wing (esp. of an aircraft)

adoptionism

lamina

thallus

cormus

cormophyte

thallophyte

cladophyll; cladode; phylloclade

leaflike

corrosion; dissolution

hemolytic anemia

bacteriolysis

German silver; nickel silver

shaking; swaying

shaking; swaying

shaking; swaying

to shake; to sway

lifting height (of a pump, etc.)