crest : Idioms & Phrases

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Cnemial crest

  • a crestlike prominence on the proximal end of the tibia of birds and some reptiles.
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Crest tile

  • a tile made to cover the ridge of a roof, fitting upon it like a saddle.
Webster 1913

crested cariama

  • noun Brazilian Cariama; sole representative of the genus Cariama
    seriema; Cariama cristata.
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crested coral root

  • noun orchid with yellowish-brown flowers with dark veins; southeastern Arizona to the eastern United States
    Hexalectris spicata.
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crested myna

  • noun dark brown crested bird of southeastern Asia
    Acridotheres tristis.
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crested penguin

  • noun small penguin of the Falkland Islands and New Zealand
    rock hopper.
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crested screamer

  • noun distinguished from the horned screamer by a feathery crest on the back of the head
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crested swift

  • noun birds of southeast Asia and East Indies differing from true swifts in having upright crests and nesting in trees
    tree swift.
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crested wheat grass

  • noun Eurasian grass grown in United States great plains area for forage and erosion control
    crested wheatgrass; crested wheat grass; Agropyron cristatum.
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crested wheatgrass

  • noun Eurasian grass grown in United States great plains area for forage and erosion control
    crested wheatgrass; crested wheat grass; Agropyron cristatum.
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fairway crested wheat grass

  • noun Eurasian grass grown in United States great plains area for forage and erosion control
    crested wheatgrass; crested wheat grass; Agropyron cristatum.
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funnel-crest rosebud orchid

  • noun orchid of northeastern United States with magenta-pink flowers having funnel-shaped lip; sometimes placed in genus Pogonia
    Pogonia divaricata; spreading pogonia; Cleistes divaricata.
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golden-crested kinglet

  • noun European kinglet with a black-bordered yellow crown patch
    Regulus regulus; goldcrest.
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great crested grebe

  • noun large Old World grebe with black ear tufts
    Podiceps cristatus.
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Hair-crested stork

  • the smaller adjutant of India (Leptoptilos Javanica).
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Iliac crest

  • the upper margin of the ilium.
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Interior crest

  • (Fort.), the highest line of the parapet.
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nape-crest

Nape"-crest` noun
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  1. (Zoöl.) An African bird of the genus Schizorhis, related to the plantain eaters.
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Red-crested poachard

  • (Zoöl.), an Old World duck (Branta rufina).
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sulphur-crested cockatoo

  • noun white cockatoo with a yellow erectile crest
    Kakatoe galerita; Cacatua galerita.
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