(US, folklore) A backwards-flying bird that builds its nest upside down, according to lumberjack folklore.
(US, folklore) A backwards-flying bird that builds its nest upside down, according to lumberjack folklore.
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(slang) a foolish, silly, or awkward person or thing; a goon.
(US, _, folklore) A fictional bird said to nest on hillsides and to lay square eggs that will not roll downhill.
(US, folklore) A fictional buzzard-like bird with a bell attached, whose ringing is an omen of disaster.
(US, military) The mascot of the U.S. Army Air Defense Artillery branch, a mythical featherless, flightless bird that flies backwards to keep dust, trivia, and other inconsequentia out of his eyes.
Any of several albatrosses, especially the black-footed albatross () and the Laysan albatross, that dwell primarily on islands in the Pacific Ocean, often near naval bases.