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secretary-bird Definition


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secretary-bird
noun
    1. A large ground-dwelling African bird with grey and black plumage, long stilt-like legs and an erectile crest of black-tipped feathers hanging down behind its head.
Etymology: 19c: so called because the feathers on its head resemble pens held behind the ear of a secretary.



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