avian
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The bassist’s composition “The Bluesy Bird in Bob’s Backyard” draws its inspiration from avian visitors to Mr. Hurst’s home in Michigan.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026
The only team to be more clinical than the Seagulls is their avian cousins the Magpies, who actually have the lowest xG in the league so far.
From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026
Most care deeply about their avian companions and believe feeding them is helpful.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 24, 2026
Australian wildlife workers have launched an unprecedented effort to vaccinate wild populations of little penguins against the highly contagious H5N1 avian influenza.
From Barron's ● Aug. 20, 2026
They cut apart birds to trace the structure of the avian skeleton, and, masked in leather hoods, they dissected a skunk.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party" by M.T. Anderson
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