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SPARROWThe name of this bird refers to any of a number of small, chiefly seed-eating birds that have conical bills. In Henry IV, Part 1 (act 2, scene 4), Hal says, "He that rides at high speed and with the p
GECKOAny of various small chiefly tropical and usually nocturnal insectivorous terrestrial lizards typically with immovable eyelids.
BUNTINGSFinch-like seed-eating birds with short, stout bills (8)
VALKYRIEIn Norse mythology, this term refers to any of a group of maidens who served the god Odin and were sent by him to the battlefields to choose the slain who were worthy of a place in Valhalla.
EAGLEThis bird's name refers to any of numerous large, heavy-beaked, big-footed birds of prey belonging to the family Accipitridae. One species is a symbol of the United States. In Titus AndronicusHenry IV
FINCHThis bird's name embraces several hundred species of small conical-billed, seed-eating songbirds. Some birds that are considered a type of this bird include canaries, cardinals, goldfinches, and sparr
FLAMINGOThis bird's name refers to any of six species of tall, pink wading birds with thick downturned bills. They have slender legs, long, graceful necks, large wings, and short tails. Flocks numbering in th
PIGEONThis bird's name refers to any of several hundred species constituting the family Columbidae (order Columbiformes). One species is a particularly adroit navigator and has been used to carry messages.
WRENThis bird's name may refer to any of approximately 85 species of small, chunky, brownish birds; one of those species is Troglodytes troglodytes. In Macbeth (act 4, scene 2), Lady MacDuff says, "...for
PIXELAny of a number of small elements that make up a picture on a visual display unit (5)
CREASEAny of a number of lines on a cricket pitch (bowling, popping, or return) marked to define the positions of the bowler and batsman (6)
FOWLA word originally used to refer to any bird, later a more specific gallinacean of the poultry kind, such as a chicken, duck, goose, partridge, pheasant or turkey (4)
LORDSHIPA title used to address or refer to any British peer other than a duke, extended to a bishop or a judge (8)
EWOKIn the Star Wars film series, one of a number of small creatures who live on the moon of Endor (4)
EMOTIONGeneral name for any of a number of human responses to stimuli, modified in the frontal lobe (7)
KNAVEMeaning "boy", another word for a jack in cards due to the aforesaid name originally being used to refer to any ordinary man (5)
TOMTITPopular name for any of a number of small songbirds (6)
FRENUMAny of a number of small connective tissues in the human body
STRADIVARIUSAny of a number of violins manufactured by a famous family in Cremona in the 17th and 18th centuries (12)
REDGIANTAny of a number of large, cool stars in a late phase of stellar evolution (3,5)