sheregrign.
? Obsolete.
A green woodpecker or similar bird of Ethiopia.
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sheregrig1790
ground woodpecker1867
1790 Bruce Abyssinia V. 182 Sheregrig. This bird is one of those called Rollier in French.
1790 ‘P. Pindar’ Complimentary Epist. J. Bruce 363 Weasels and polecats, sheregrigs, carrion-crows.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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- schooner on the rocks
- schooner yawl
- schooner-frigate
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- schooner-house
- schooner-man
- schooner-rigged
- schooner-sail
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- schoonerhouse
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