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Speckled-bill :: Speckled-bill (n.) The American white-fronted goose (Anser albifrons).

Pintos :: Pintos (n. pl.) A mountain tribe of Mexican Indians living near Acapulco. They are remarkable for having the dark skin of the face irregularly spotted with white. Called also speckled Indians.

Quartern :: Quartern (n.) A quarter. Specifically: (a) The fourth part of a pint; a gill. (b) The fourth part of a peck, or of a stone (14 ibs.)..

Hoop :: Hoop (n.) An old measure of capacity, variously estimated at from one to four pecks..

Woodnewer :: Woodnewer (n.) A woodpecker.

Spight :: Spight (n.) A woodpecker. See Speight.

Speckled-belly :: Speckled-belly (n.) The gadwall.

Pearl-eyed :: Pearl-eyed (a.) Having a pearly speck in the eye; afflicted with the cataract.

Whetile :: Whetile (n.) The green woodpecker, or yaffle. See Yaffle..

Ivory-bill :: Ivory-bill (n.) A large, handsome, North American woodpecker (Campephilus principalis), having a large, sharp, ivory-colored beak. Its general color is glossy black, with white secondaries, and a white dorsal stripe. The male has a large, scarlet crest. It is now rare, and found only in the Gulf States..

Aphthae :: Aphthae (n. pl.) Roundish pearl-colored specks or flakes in the mouth, on the lips, etc., terminating in white sloughs. They are commonly characteristic of thrush..

Speckled :: Speckled (a.) Marked or variegated with small spots of a different color from that of the rest of the surface.

Modius :: Modius (n.) A dry measure, containing about a peck..

Specht :: Specht (n.) A woodpecker.

Witwall :: Witwall (n.) The greater spotted woodpecker.

Henpeck :: Henpeck (v. t.) To subject to petty authority; -- said of a wife who thus treats her husband. Commonly used in the past participle (often adjectively).

Sheld :: Sheld (a.) Variegated; spotted; speckled; piebald.

Pianet :: Pianet (n.) The lesser woodpecker.

Peck :: Peck (v. i.) To pick up food with the beak; hence, to eat..

Ruble :: Ruble (n.) The unit of monetary value in Russia. It is divided into 100 copecks, and in the gold coin of the realm (as in the five and ten ruble pieces) is worth about 77 cents. The silver ruble is a coin worth about 60 cents..

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