| Black water bird |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
21 Feb 2026 |
| Geezer |
Eugene Sheffer |
11 Feb 2026 |
| Common water bird of the rail family |
The Times Concise |
27 Jan 2026 |
| Eccentric fellow |
LA Times Daily |
30 Dec 2025 |
| Wetlands bird |
Newsday |
07 Dec 2025 |
| Proverbially bald bird |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
26 Nov 2025 |
| Waterbird of Europe, Asia and North America with a white bill and forehead (4) |
Mirror Quiz |
07 Sep 2025 |
| Eccentric fellow (rhymes with "soot") |
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| Bird that laid an egg in the bed (4) |
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| A bird, good gracious, on the tree top! (4) |
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| Aquatic bird of the rail family (4) |
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| Eccentric old man |
Universal |
28 Apr 2025 |
| Waterbird of Europe, Asia and North America with a white bill and forehead |
Mirror Quiz |
27 Mar 2025 |
| Water-fowl gets company to turn up (4) |
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| 'Bald' water-fowl (4) |
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| Diver's ankle (4) (4) |
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| Black waterbird |
Universal |
06 Mar 2025 |
| Dark-colored bird |
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| Black water bird with white beak (4) |
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| Aquatic bird of the genus Fulica (4) |
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| Eccentric fellow (rhymes with "soot") |
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| Fowl pen |
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| Slow-flyingГ%82В bird similar to a duck |
Family Time |
11 Nov 2024 |
| Slow-flying bird similar to a duck |
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| Flier making love in bed (4) |
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| Crotchety geezer |
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| Aquatic bird to which the 'follicly challenged' may be likened (4) |
The Guardian Quick |
27 Sep 2024 |
| Waterbird of Europe, Asia and North America with a white bill and forehead |
Mirror Quiz |
19 Sep 2024 |
| Marsh hen or duck |
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| Eccentric fellow |
Wall Street Journal |
10 Aug 2024 |
| Aquatic bird |
The Telegraph Quick |
13 Jul 2024 |
| Aquatic bird, swamphen (4) |
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| Duck into bed with a bird |
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| An aquatic bird of the rail family with black plumage and a short tail (4) |
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| White-billed water bird |
The Times Concise |
01 Apr 2024 |
| Dove's cry on time finds another bird (4) |
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| Bird company doing overtime (4) |
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| Waterbird of Europe, Asia and North America with a white bill and forehead |
Mirror Quiz |
11 Feb 2024 |
| Eccentric fellow (rhymes with "soot") |
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| Love to be in bed with bird! (4) |
Puzzler Cryptic |
02 Dec 2023 |
| Geezer |
Eugene Sheffer |
07 Nov 2023 |
| Geezer |
Eugene Sheffer |
22 Jun 2023 |
| Black water bird |
New York Times |
21 Jun 2023 |
| Bird sound like a dove beginning to twitter |
The Times Cryptic |
11 May 2023 |
| Aquatic bird |
The Times Concise |
06 Dec 2022 |
| Geezer |
Eugene Sheffer |
22 Apr 2022 |
| Eccentric fellow |
Thomas Joseph |
22 Jan 2022 |
| Geezer |
Eugene Sheffer |
25 Nov 2021 |
| Geezer |
Eugene Sheffer |
11 Oct 2021 |
| Rail’s kin |
Wall Street Journal |
09 Sep 2021 |
| Eccentric fellow |
Thomas Joseph |
22 Jul 2021 |
| Moorhen’s cousin |
Wall Street Journal |
03 Jul 2021 |
| Geezer |
Eugene Sheffer |
06 May 2021 |
| Eccentric fellow |
Thomas Joseph |
04 Feb 2021 |
| Foolish old person |
Family Time |
16 Aug 2020 |
| Bird; silly person |
The Times Concise |
11 Aug 2020 |
| Eccentric fellow (rhymes with "soot") |
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| Old codger |
Thomas Joseph |
11 Feb 2020 |
| Geezer |
Family Time |
09 Jun 2019 |
| Small water bird |
Newsday |
19 Apr 2019 |
| Black-plumed marsh bird |
USA Today |
25 Feb 2019 |
| Black waterfowl |
Wall Street Journal |
23 Feb 2019 |
| Eccentric fellow |
Wall Street Journal |
16 Feb 2019 |
| Crotchety oldster |
The Washington Post |
11 Feb 2019 |
| Crotchety oldster |
LA Times Daily |
11 Feb 2019 |
| American ___, a migratory bird that migrates primarily at night |
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| Black waterfowl |
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| Eccentric fellow |
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| Black-plumed marsh bird |
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| Crotchety oldster |
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| Black-plumed pond swimmer |
LA Times Daily |
26 Dec 2018 |
| Black-plumed pond swimmer |
The Washington Post |
26 Dec 2018 |
| Codger |
New York Times |
23 Dec 2018 |
| Bird |
The Telegraph Quick |
13 Nov 2018 |
| Bird making bird sound at end of flight |
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| Black aquatic bird |
Newsday |
26 Aug 2018 |
| Rail firm motto: every second counts! |
The Telegraph Toughie |
12 Jul 2018 |
| Ducklike bird |
Newsday |
04 Apr 2018 |
| Black waterfowl |
Newsday |
03 Mar 2018 |
| Black waterbird with a white bill |
USA Today |
14 Feb 2018 |
| Ducklike bird |
The Washington Post |
20 Jan 2018 |
| Ducklike bird |
LA Times Daily |
20 Jan 2018 |
| Black waterbird with a white bill |
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| Ducklike bird |
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| Black-plumed pond swimmer |
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| Codger |
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| An old codger, also an aquatic bird |
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| Black-plumed water bird |
Wall Street Journal |
21 Aug 2017 |
| Duck in bed or some other bird |
The Times Cryptic |
01 Aug 2017 |
| Duck in bed or some other bird |
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| Waterbird on edge of the Camargue also turned up |
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| Geezer |
New York Times |
05 Jun 2017 |
| Small water bird |
LA Times Daily |
29 May 2017 |
| Small water bird |
The Washington Post |
29 May 2017 |
| "Old" crotchety one |
Universal |
22 May 2017 |
| Hurry to shave head – so a baldie? |
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| Eccentric oldster |
Wall Street Journal |
08 Mar 2017 |
| A rail company motto: "every second counts" |
The Times Cryptic |
13 Jan 2017 |
| A rail company motto: 'every second counts' |
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| "Old" crotchety one |
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| Geezer |
|
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| Small water bird |
|
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| No baby sleeping here, apparently |
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| Crotchety sort |
Family Time |
07 Aug 2016 |
| Old geezer |
Universal |
22 Apr 2016 |
| Curmudgeon |
Family Time |
11 Apr 2016 |
| Cantankerous fellow |
Wall Street Journal |
09 Dec 2015 |
| Water bird of rail family |
The Times Concise |
19 Nov 2015 |
| Wetlands bird |
Newsday |
10 Aug 2015 |
| Waterfowl |
The Telegraph Quick |
30 Jul 2015 |
| Codger |
USA Today |
27 May 2015 |
| Flipping extremely cold bird |
The Telegraph Toughie |
25 Mar 2015 |
| Symbol of baldness |
New York Times |
13 Feb 2015 |
| Bill's partner by the end of August is 8 bald |
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| Symbol of baldness |
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| Swimming bird to which weird old people might be compared |
|
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| Cantankerous fellow |
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| Eccentric oldster |
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| Codger |
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| Codger |
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| White-billed waterfowl |
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| Wetlands bird |
|
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| Bill's other half cut it – silly |
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| Aquatic bird |
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| Eccentric geezer |
|
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| Old buzzard |
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| Curmudgeon |
|
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| Old fool |
|
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| Codger |
|
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| Rail family bird |
|
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| Codger |
|
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| Crotchety guy |
|
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| Crotchety oldster |
|
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| Old geezer |
|
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| Rail family bird |
|
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| Old grump |
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| Old geezer |
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| Aquatic bird |
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| Codger |
|
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| Odd old fellow |
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| Odd old fellow |
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| Geezer |
|
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| Eccentric oldster |
|
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| Aquatic bird |
|
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| Crotchety old-timer |
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| Water bird |
|
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| Eccentric geezer |
|
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| Old geezer |
|
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| Crotchety old-timer |
|
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| Crotchety one |
|
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| Curmudgeon |
|
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| Old geezer |
|
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| Crotchety person |
|
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| Geezer |
|
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| Old geezer |
|
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| Type of rail |
|
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| Amusing old guy |
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| Amusing old guy |
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| Eccentric old man |
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| Codger |
|
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| Geezer |
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| Geezer |
|
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| Geezer |
|
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| Crotchety sort |
|
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| Aquatic bird |
|
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| Geezer |
|
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| Eccentric oldster |
|
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| Wetlands bird |
|
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| Ducklike bird |
|
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| Diving bird |
|
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| Old, foolish person |
|
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| Geezer |
|
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| Crotchety oldster |
|
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| Old foolish person |
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| Codger |
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| Cranky oldster |
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| Crotchety sort |
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| Crotchety one |
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| Scoter |
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| Old fool |
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| Old fogy |
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| Curmudgeon |
|
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| White-billed marsh bird |
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| Curmudgeon |
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| Old fogy |
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| Marsh hen |
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| Crotchety old-timer |
|
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| Old buzzard |
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| Foolish one |
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| Senile one |
|
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| Scoter |
|
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| Amusing old guy |
|
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| Geezer |
|
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| Curmudgeon |
|
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| Eccentric geezer |
|
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| Geezer |
|
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| Crotchety one |
|
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| Diving bird |
|
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| Old geezer |
|
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| Grumpy old man |
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| Crotchety sort |
|
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| Geezer |
|
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| Eccentric oldster |
|
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| Foolish fellow |
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| Geezer |
|
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| Geezer |
|
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| Foolish fellow |
|
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| Bird of the rail family |
|
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| Sea duck |
|
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| Nitwit |
|
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| Old feller |
|
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| Rail bird |
|
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| Railbird |
|
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| Scoter |
|
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| Crotchety person |
|
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| Foolish old man |
|
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| Water fowl |
|
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| Eccentric oldster |
|
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| Foolish one |
|
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| Old bird? |
|
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| Mud hen |
|
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| Diving bird |
|
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| Diving bird |
|
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| Mudhen |
|
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| Foolish old guy |
|
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| Rail |
|
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| " . . . haunts of ___ and hern": Tennyson |
|
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| Bird of the rail family |
|
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| Ducklike bird |
|
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| Marsh hen |
|
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| Oddball |
|
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| Water bird |
|
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| Foolish old codger |
|
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| Duck's cousin |
|
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| Aquatic bird |
|
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| Simpleton |
|
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| Eccentric one |
|
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| Diving bird. |
|
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| Stupid bird. |
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| A swimming and diving bird. |
|
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| Foolish old man |
|
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| Water fowl. |
|
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| Web-footed water bird. |
|
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| Ducklike bird. |
|
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| Bird of the rail family. |
|
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| Aquatic bird. |
|
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| Rail bird. |
|
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| Sea duck. |
|
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| Bird. |
|
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| Water birds. |
|
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| Swamphen. |
|
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| Sea bird. |
|
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| Game bird. |
|
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| Northern sea duck. |
|
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| Marsh hen. |
|
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| Web-footed bird. |
|
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| Short-tailed waterfowl. |
|
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| Surf duck. |
|
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| Scoter. |
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| Water bird. |
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