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Cassican :: Cassican (n.) An American bird of the genus Cassicus, allied to the starlings and orioles, remarkable for its skillfully constructed and suspended nest; the crested oriole. The name is also sometimes given to the piping crow, an Australian bird..

Orle :: Orle (n.) The wreath, or chaplet, surmounting or encircling the helmet of a knight and bearing the crest..

Jay :: "Jay (n.) Any one of the numerous species of birds belonging to Garrulus, Cyanocitta, and allied genera. They are allied to the crows, but are smaller, more graceful in form, often handsomely colored, and usually have a crest..

Crest :: Crest (n.) A tuft, or other excrescence or natural ornament, growing on an animal's head; the comb of a cock; the swelling on the head of a serpent; the lengthened feathers of the crown or nape of bird, etc..

Newt :: Newt (n.) Any one of several species of small aquatic salamanders. The common British species are the crested newt (Triton cristatus) and the smooth newt (Lophinus punctatus). In America, Diemictylus viridescens is one of the most abundant species..

Topet :: Topet (n.) The European crested titmouse.

Crestfallen :: Crestfallen (a.) With hanging head; hence, dispirited; dejected; cowed..

Wedgebill :: Wedgebill (n.) An Australian crested insessorial bird (Sphenostoma cristatum) having a wedge-shaped bill. Its color is dull brown, like the earth of the plains where it lives..

Nape-crest :: Nape-crest (n.) An African bird of the genus Schizorhis, related to the plantain eaters..

Combless :: Combless (a.) Without a comb or crest; as, a combless cock..

Copped :: Copped (a.) Rising to a point or head; conical; pointed; crested.

Kagu :: Kagu (n.) A singular, crested, grallatorial bird (Rhinochetos jubatus), native of New Caledonia. It is gray above, paler beneath, and the feathers of the wings and tail are handsomely barred with brown, black, and gray. It is allied to the sun bittern..

Comb :: Comb (n.) The curling crest of a wave.

Cresting :: Cresting (n.) An ornamental finish on the top of a wall or ridge of a roof.

Pileated :: Pileated (a.) Having a crest covering the pileus, or whole top of the head..

Umber :: Umber (n.) An African wading bird (Scopus umbretta) allied to the storks and herons. It is dull dusky brown, and has a large occipital crest. Called also umbrette, umbre, and umber bird..

Moonie :: Moonie (n.) The European goldcrest.

Monocrotism :: Monocrotism (n.) That condition of the pulse in which the pulse curve or sphygmogram shows but a single crest, the dicrotic elevation entirely disappearing..

Harpy :: Harpy (n.) A large and powerful, double-crested, short-winged American eagle (Thrasaetus harpyia). It ranges from Texas to Brazil..

Hoazin :: Hoazin (n.) A remarkable South American bird (Opisthocomus cristatus); the crested touraco. By some zoologists it is made the type of a distinct order (Opisthocomi).

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