Vocabulary

Andean flamingo (Phoenicopterus andinus)

James's flamingo (Phoenicoparrus jamesi); Puna flamingo

Raggiana bird-of-paradise (Paradisaea raggiana); Count Raggi's bird-of-paradise

masked lapwing (Vanellus miles); masked plover; spur-winged plover

Charadriidae (family comprising the plovers)

wrybill (Anarhynchus frontalis)

New Zealand dotterel (Charadrius obscurus); New Zealand plover; red-breasted plover

semipalmated plover (Charadrius semipalmatus)

long-billed plover (Charadrius placidus)

Kentish plover (Charadrius alexandrinus)

lesser sand plover (Charadrius mongolus)

greater sand plover (Charadrius leschenaultii)

Caspian plover (Charadrius asiaticus)

Oriental plover (Charadrius veredus); Oriental dotterel

Eurasian dotterel (Charadrius morinellus); dotterel

shore dotterel (Thinornis novaeseelandiae); shore plover

Charadriiformes (order of birds)

drinker; person who can hold their drink

at a loose end; having nothing to do

darling (woman); dear; honey; my betrothed

mechanical clock

to incur the wrath of god (e.g. by speaking ill of someone behind their back); to get into trouble

rumouring; gossiping

what people say; gossip; rumours; rumors

full throttle; full power

Seven Bridge (Japanese rummy game)

legal binding force; legally binding power

food self-sufficiency rate

contiguous zone

military presence

diplomatic channel

at this point; at this last moment; this late in the game

public building; community building

qiblah; kiblah; qibla; kibla

investigation (e.g. crime); examination

investigating (e.g. a criminal)

miscellaneous income; miscellaneous profit

thermal noise

article containing thoughts and observations on a topic; op-ed article; opinion piece

mongrel; mixed-breed dog; dog of nondescript breed