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roseate

[roh-zee-it, -ayt] / ˈroʊ zi ɪt, -ˌeɪt /


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The Franco-Belgian couturier referenced the extravagant plumage of a roseate spoonbill or the crested cockatoo alongside the humble crow, grey pigeon and magpie.

From Barron's ● Jan. 27, 2026

Since bird flu was confirmed in June, black-headed gulls, common terns and rare roseate terns have been worst hit.

From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2023

You will see dolphins, terns, maybe even a roseate spoonbill.

From Salon ● Feb. 1, 2023

West Coast, puffins off the Maine coast, penguins in South Africa, endangered roseate terns off New England, and brown pelicans on vanishing islands off southeastern Louisiana.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 12, 2022

Its nest, its pallet, was of every kind of precious feather— Of lovely cotinga feathers, roseate spoonbill feathers, quetzal feathers.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann




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