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chiquera

chiquera noun: the red-necked falcon (Falco chicquera).

Noun

chiquera (plural chiqueras)

  1. (obsolete, rare) The red-necked falcon (Falco chicquera).
    • Falco chicquera, the chiquera falcon. This small bird of prey has the lower mandible formed like the two preceding.1810, John Wiles, Encyclopaedia Londinensis, volume 7, page 194
    • But these slight differences will not justify us in considering the West African chiquera as a true species distinct from the Indian true chiquera; it is only a subspecies of the latter true species.1852, The Annals and Magazine of Natural History: Zoology, Botany, and Geology, page 452

Forms of chiquera

pluralchiqueras

Questions about chiquera

What does chiquera mean?
Chiquera means the red-necked falcon (Falco chicquera).
What part of speech is chiquera?
Chiquera is a noun.
What is the plural of chiquera?
The plural of chiquera is chiqueras.

Words near chiquera in the dictionary

  1. chiptune
  2. chiptunes
  3. chipyard
  4. chipyards
  5. Chipzilla
  6. chiquera
  7. chiqueras
  8. chiquichiqui palm
  9. chiquichiqui palms
  10. Chiquitano
  11. Chiquitanos

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