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Hoptanglish

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Birds

Birds

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adderquack /ˈӕdәˌkwӕk/

noun (plural adderquacks)

an unscrupulous and poisonous fowl that hides in ground cover, leaving only its quivering tail feather visible, attracting unsuspecting quill-makers to their doom.

  • adderquackular /ˌӕdәˈkwӕkjʊlә/ adjective
  • adderquackularly adverb

adequaculadderquack /ˌӕdәˌkwӕkjʊˈlӕdәˌkwӕk/

noun (plural adequaculadderquacks)

an adequaculate adderquack.

  • adequaculadderquackular /ˌӕdәˌkwӕkjʊˌlӕdәˈkwӕkjʊlә/ adjective

[a blend of Hoptanglish adequaculate + Hoptanglish adderquack.]

agogododo /әˈɡәʊɡәʊˌdәʊdәʊ/

noun (plural agogododos)

a species of bird that prefers to play bells rather than sing like them.

agrivulture /ˈӕɡrɪˌvʌltʃә/

noun (plural agrivultures)

a bird of prey that hunts crops.

[a blend of agriculture + vulture.]

altobaross /ӕlˈtәʊbәˌrɒs/

noun (plural altobarosses)

a seabird that specializes in sweeping sea symphonies.

[a blend of Italian alto ‘high’ + Greek baros ‘weight’ + albatross.]

arpigion /ɑːˈpɪʤɪәn/

noun (plural arpigions)

a species of bird that gathers in groups to coo chord notes in quick succession.

[a blend of arpeggio + pigeon.]

bulbatross /ˈbʌlbәˌtrɒs/

noun (plural bulbatrosses)

a large seabird with a very wide wingspan and a little lighthouse growing from the top of its head.

  • bulbatrossic /ˌbʌlbәˈtrɒsɪk/ adjective

[a blend of light bulb + albatross.]

bulldog antcat whalefox cowbird

noun (plural bulldog antcat whalefox cowbirds)

a hypermibergrating, plumeniferous cowbird with streaky plumage, a fly-swatting fantail and an unconscious habit of laying its eggs in the ofuganiduses of other creatures.

bulldog antcat whalefox cowbird turtlepig wolfspidermonkey flamingo

noun (plural bulldog antcat whalefox cowbird turtlepig wolfspidermonkey flamingos)

a kind of flamingo that tends to become so entranced with the hunting behaviour of bulldog antcat whalefox cowbird turtlepig wolfspidermonkeys that it mimetotes one.

chronocrow /ˈkrәʊnәʊˌkrәʊ/

noun (plural chronocrows)

a big, black bird that travels through time by squarping.

[from chrono- + crow.]

coalmyna /ˈkәʊlˌmʌɪnә/

noun (plural coalmynas)

1. a species of bird that is used to warn people about the imminent extinction of canaries.

2. a warning that there will be no more warnings.

Hoptanglish anagram: (coalmynas) claymason

[from coal, in reference to a canary in a coal mine + myna.]

commanymynammoc /ˈkɒmәnɪˌmʌɪnәmɒk/

noun (plural commanymynammocs)

a kind of bird which imitates callcalls.

  • commanymynammocular /ˌkɒmәnɪˌmʌɪnәˈmɒkjʊlә/ adjective (comparative commanymynammocularmore; superlative commanymynammocularmost)
  • commanymynammocularly adverb

[an elboword of Hoptanglish commanym + Hoptanglish mynammoc.]

contranary /ˌkɒntrәˈnɛːri/

noun (plural contranaries)

a flipped bird.

[a blend of contrary + canary.]

corvusaur /ˈkɔːvәˌsɔː/

noun (plural corvusaurs)

a modern, living dinosaur in the form of a bird.

[from Latin corvus ‘raven’ + -saur.]

cuckoo clock cuckoo

noun (plural cuckoo clock cuckoos)

a kind of cuckoo which tells the time and lays eggtimers that hatch when ready.

dowerbird /ˈdaʊәˌbәːd/

noun (plural dowerbirds)

a species of strikingly drab bird that digs a large burrow and decorates it with leaves, flowers, lairy three-piece lounge sets, etc.

[from English obsolete dower ‘burrow’ + bird.]

dragongo /drӕˈɡɒŋɡәʊ/

noun (plural dragongos)

a poisonous, redblack songbird with dilated pupils that sparks when it sings and hoards knick-knacks in its subsnuggery.

  • dragongoid /drӕˈɡɒŋɡɔɪd/ adjective

[a blend of dragon + drongo.]

drib /drɪb/

noun (plural dribs)

a bird that flies backwards.

  • dribular /ˈdrɪbjʊlә/ adjective

[a reversal of bird.]

dripflapteryx /drɪpˈflӕptәˌrɪks/

noun (plural dripflapteryxen)

a bird or other creature with flipperflappers, such as the penguin, flimflap or splutterpsittacoscintillaquillagill.

Compare: zephlipterups

  • dripflapteryxotic /drɪpˌflӕptәrɪkˈsɒtɪk/ adjective
  • dripflapteryxoticly adverb

[a blend of drip + flap + Ancient Greek πτερόν pterón ‘wing’.]

earthquack /ˈәːθkwӕk/

noun (plural earthquacks)

a snuzzlapt, underground duck that uses its finely tuned bill to detect the whereabouts of tasty blossils and to prise apart tectonic plates in order to extract and eat them.

  • earthquackish /ˈәːθˌkwӕkɪʃ/ adjective
  • earthquackishly adverb

[a blend of earthquake + quack.]

ettamollacheee /ˌɛtәˈmɒlәtʃiː/

noun (plural ettamollacheees)

a harmless, drab bird of play with too much time on its wings.

[an animiminym from etta, the sound of its claws as it scratches the dirt + mollacheee! the triumphant call it makes when it chances apon a tidyrize.]

fleagle /ˈfliːɡәl/

noun (plural fleagles)

an enormous bird of prey that uses its large, draquiline bill and its extraordinary stealth to suck the blood of mammals.

[a tiakler of flea + eagle.]

floralowl /ˈflɒrәˌlaʊl/

noun (plural floralowls)

1. a dark bird that wears bright flowers.

2. a lapsed pessimist.

Antonym: sprangbleaker

flungewader /ˈflʌnʤˌweɪdә/

noun (plural flungewaders)

a species of waterbird that forages in flunges.

[from Hoptanglish flunge + wader.]

gagnet /ˈɡӕɡnәt/

noun (plural gagnets)

an extremely long-necked bird that ties its neck in knots and feigns asphyxia, apparently in an effort to placate its predators through entertainment.

  • gagnetastical /ˌɡӕɡnәˈtӕstɪkәl/ adjective

[a blend of gag + gannet.]

galostrich /ɡәˈlɒstrɪtʃ/

noun (plural galostriches)

1. a restless, long-legged bird that wears rambunctiously galumphable overshoes.

2. (informal) an exciting but poorly planned event.

  • galostrichy /ɡәˈlɒstrɪtʃi/ adjective (comparative galostrichier; superlative galostrichiest)

[a blend of galosh + ostrich.]

glubbernump /ˈɡlʌbәˌnʌmp/

noun (plural glubbernumps)

1. a species of white bird with long legs and a highly downy rump with which it broods lost golf balls.

2. a misguided person.

  • glubbernumpish /ˈɡlʌbәˌnʌmpɪʃ/ adjective
  • glubbernumpishly adverb

[a blend of Hoptanglish glubber + English slang numpty ‘stupid person’.]

gollygoss /ˈɡɒliˌɡɒs/

noun (plural gollygosses)

a muttering sea bird so befrazzumed and inhibitattered by cutting-edge stresses that its wings have actually become ingrown like toenails, giving it a negative wingspan.

Compare: malbatroonimawk

[a blend of golly + albatross.]

goskera /ˈɡɒskәrә/

noun (plural goskeras)

a forthright waterbird with webbed toenails, a tangled neck and a long, commanding horn growing from its tiny head.

  • goskeral /ˈɡɒskәrәl/ adjective

[a blend of goose + Greek κέρατο kérato ‘horn’.]

hatchbox /ˈhӕtʃbɒks/

noun (plural hatchboxen)

a bird that hatches from a box instead of an egg.

hoversly /ˈhɒvәˌslʌɪ/

noun (plural hoverslies)

an invisible hummingbird.

kaleider /kәˈlʌɪdә/

noun (plural kaleiders)

1. an uppity duck with sumptuous, colourful plumage and poor steering.

verb (intransitive) (plural kaleiders; kaleidered, kaleiders, kaleidering, kaleiderel; agent noun kaleiderer (plural kaleiderers))

2. to go and watch kaleiders for amusement.

  • kaleiderical /ˌkӕlʌɪˈdɛrɪkәl/ adjective
  • kaleiderically adverb
  • kaleidering /kәˈlʌɪdәrɪŋ/ noun

[a blend of Ancient Greek καλός kalos ‘beautiful’ + eider.]

kaustral blint /ˌkɔːstrәl ˈblɪnt/

noun (plural kaustral blints)

a tiny songbird with a mauve overside, a crimson underside and a surprisingly powerful baritone.

[from Hoptanglish kaustral + an unknown element.]

kneather-kneather /ˈnɛðә ˌnɛðә/

noun (plural kneather-kneathers)

a gullible yet foolhidy bird of paradise who claims to doubt the kneatherback.

[an animiminym fromits call, which itself may be a reference to Hoptanglish kneathers. or a corruption of never, never!.]

kneatherback /ˈnɛðәˌbӕk/

noun (plural kneatherbacks)

an astounding bird which claims to have knitted its wovenwing using some of the very kneathers of which it is composed.

  • kneatherbackian /ˈnɛðәˌbӕkɪәn/ adjective

[from Hoptanglish kneather + back.]

lunacoot /ˈluːnәˌkuːt/

noun (plural lunacoots)

1. a sombre, marine bird that feeds on reeftabs (and the odd luna moth) during lunasea and rails about the garishness of splutterpsittacoscintillaquillagills.

2. someone who has achieved a balance between being an eccentric and a lunatic.

[a blend of Hoptanglish lunasea + coot.]

lustrakea /ˌlʌstrәˈkɪә/

noun (plural lustrakeas)

a purificatory parrot.

[a blend of lustration + kea.]

magpyro /mӕɡˈpʌɪrәʊ/

noun (plural magpyros)

a gossipy bird that sacrifices itself on the campfire every night for a good yarn, before being reborn the next morning as a tasty worm for the sequel’s hook.

[from magpie pyro-. in reference to a phoenix.]

malbatroonimawk /ˌmӕlbәˈtruːniˌmɔːk/

noun (plural malbatroonimawks)

a huge, stuplendid, patiently prehistoric bird with a wingspan and a smile several thousand times wider than its faster, fangstier, future descendant, the gollygoss.

Compare: gollygoss

[a blend of Australian mollymawk ‘albatross‘ + albatross + United States slang gooney bird ‘albatross‘.]

merkea /mәːˈkɪә/

noun (plural merkeas)

a muddy splutterpsittacoscintillaquillagill that can’t seem to shake its drowzage and get glowing.

[a blend of French mer ‘sea’ + murk + kea.]

metalpecker /ˈmɛtәlˌpɛkә/

noun (plural metalpeckers)

a steampunk woodpecker.

[a blend of metal + woodpecker.]

motmotmotmot 2 /ˈmәʊmәʊˌmɒtmɒt/

noun (plural motmotmotmots)

a species of bird that makes terrible rackets when excited.

[from Hoptanglish motmot + English motmot, a kind of tropical bird.]

needlebeak /ˈniːdәlˌbiːk/

noun (plural needlebeaks)

a sharp-beaked bird that that always carries a long thread as it flies about, in case a flockstitch happens.

notquite /ˈnɒtkwʌɪt/

noun (plural notquites)

a kind of bird that can almost fly.

numbingbird /ˈnʌmɪŋˌbәːd/

noun (plural numbingbirds)

a small, mostly tranparent bird whose beak is a syringe, with which it quietly injects anaesthesia into its prey.

octavian /ɒkˈteɪvɪәn/

noun (plural octavians)

a small, aquatic bird that roosts in the branches of an octopus.

  • octavianic /ɒkˌteɪvɪˈӕnɪk/ adjective

[a blend of octopus + avian.]

oddcrake /ˈɒdkreɪk/

noun (plural oddcrakes)

an absurd bird.

onion seagull

noun (plural onion seagulls)

a kind of seabird that lays onions instead of eggs, which in turn causes a great deal of saltwater.

ookcuc /ˈuːkʊk/

noun (plural ookcucs)

a charitable bird that kidnaps eggs from the nests of negligent birds and spoils the hatchlings rotten.

  • ookcucish /ˈuːkʊkɪʃ/ adjective
  • ookcucishly adverb

[derivation uncertain; perhaps from oo- + cocker ‘to pamper’. or a reversal of cuckoo.]

outstanding investment portfolio

noun (plural outstanding investment portfolios)

a pale blue, passerine bird whose call resembles the words “outstanding investment portfolio”.

pelicopter /ˈpɛlɪˌkɒptә/

noun (plural pelicopters)

a pelican with a girpter.

[a blend of pelican + helicopter.]

philosiraptor /fɪˈlɒsɪˌrӕptә/

noun (plural philosiraptors)

a violently thoughtful owl that preys on volareids, often cruelly teasing them in games of cat and nous.

  • philosiraptorial /fɪˌlɒsɪrӕpˈtɔːrɪәl/ adjective
  • philosiraptorially adverb

[from philosophy + Latin rapere ‘seize’ + -or.]

phonebill /ˈfәʊnbɪl/

noun (plural phonebills)

a species of bird with a beak shaped like a telephone receiver, with which it squawks messages for a fee of skurriboodle or shopflips.

pipsticksniper /ˈpɪpstɪkˌsnʌɪpә/

noun (plural pipsticksnipers)

a species of seemingly herbivorous bird that scavenges for seeds, then uses its long, tubular beak to shoot them at small mammals, which it then devours, being careful to spit out the seeds. Saved privately.

  • pipsticksnipericular /ˌpɪpstɪkˌsnʌɪpәˈrɪkjʊlә/ adjective

[from Hoptanglish pipstick + sniper.]

plaqueopteryx /ˌplɑːkɪˈɒptәˌrɪks/

noun (plural plaqueopteryxen)

a prehistoric bird that, according to the fossil records, had lots of teeth but not enough dental appointments.

[a blend of plaque + archaeopteryx.]

plumbingbird /ˈplʌmɪŋˌbәːd/

noun (plural plumbingbirds)

a small, anthophilous bird who gladly unblocks the cloying noses of snifflebuds by using its long, plunger-shaped tongue.

polyopteryx /ˌpɒlɪˈɒptәˌrɪks/

noun (plural polyopteryxen)

a beautiful, insectivorous bird with a thousand eyes and vividly itchy plumage full of mites on which it survives.

  • polyopteryxy /ˌpɒlɪˈɒptәˌrɪksi/ adjective (comparative polyopteryxier; superlative polyopteryxiest)

[from poly- + Ancient Greek ὀπτικός ‘optical’ + Ancient Greek πτερόν ‘wing’.]

propellican /prәˈpɛlɪkәn/

noun (plural propellicans)

a large waterbird whose tail feather has evolved into a propeller in case its wings break down.

  • propellicanetic /prәˌpɛlɪkәˈnɛtɪk/ adjective

[a blend of propeller + pelican.]

psittacoscintillaquill /ˌsɪtәˌkɒsɪnˈtɪlәˌkwɪl/

noun (plural psittacoscintillaquills)

a nocturnal parrot with vivid plumage that glows in the dark, usually with rhythm and meaning.

  • psittacoscintillaquillian /ˌsɪtәˌkɒsɪnˌtɪlәˈkwɪlɪәn/ adjective

[a blend of Ancient Greek ψιττακός psittakos ‘parrot’ + Latin scintilla ‘spark’ + quill.]

quackalantern /ˈkwӕkәˌlӕntәːn/

noun (plural quackalanterns)

a glowing duck.

[a blend of quacker + lantern.]

quartzal /ˈkwɔːtsәl/

noun (plural quartzals)

1. a kind of underground bird with blue eyes, an emerald head, a ruby breast and translucent, crystalline, quartz petrapters.

verb (transitive) (plural quartzals; quartzalled, quartzals, quartzalling, quartzallel; agent noun quartzaller (plural quartzallers); patient noun quartzallee (plural quartzallees))

2. to isolate.

[a blend of quartz + quetzal.]

quookaburra /ˈkwʊkәˌbʌrә/

noun (plural quookaburras)

an indefatrigueable bird with a hooked beak which it uses as a quook.

  • quookaburraly /ˈkwʊkәˌbʌrәli/ adjective

[a blend of Hoptanglish quook + kookaburra.]

radiooster /ˌreɪdɪˈuːstә/

noun (plural radioosters)

a distant cousin of the clockatoo that struts out of its roost on the hour to crow the news and the weather forecast.

  • radioosterly /ˌreɪdɪˈuːstәli/ adjective

[a blend of radio + rooster.]

reticulated roughneck

noun (plural reticulated roughnecks)

a flightless, gnargled, gangling bird with a toothed beak, a leather hide and a psychotic chirp.

riskagrin /ˈrɪskәˌɡrɪn/

noun (plural riskagrins)

an audacious parrot that loves to strut up to a lion or a crocodile, flash its beakybeam and then suddenly disappear.

  • riskagrinnical /ˌrɪskәˈɡrɪnɪkәl/ adjective
  • riskagrinnically adverb

[from the phrase risk a grin.]

rotorskua /ˌrәʊtәˈskjuːә/

noun (plural rotorskuas)

a species of seabird that frequently battles the pelicopter.

rujabi /ruːˈjɑːbi/

noun (plural rujabis)

a mixed up, ruffled jabiru.

[an anagram of jabiru.]

saridove /ˈsɑːriˌdʌv/

noun (plural saridoves)

a white bird that drapes one or more colourful leaves around its body.

  • saridoval /ˈsɑːriˌdʌvәl/ adjective

scandaream /ˌskӕndәˈriːm/

noun (plural scandareams)

a very vocal bird that protects itself against predators by giving them bad reputations.

  • scandareamile /ˌskӕndәˈriːmʌɪl/ adjective

[a blend of scandal + scream.]

scissorcatcher /ˈsɪzәˌkӕtʃә/

noun (plural scissorcatchers)

a jaunty little bird with velvety, blue wings and a very fast, sharp beak.

scruffinch /ˈskrʌfɪntʃ/

noun (plural scruffinches)

a small, shabby, fleapecked bird that constantly sways from side to side while grinning stupidly.

  • scruffinchular /skrʌˈfɪntʃʊlә/ adjective
  • scruffinchularly adverb

[an elboword of scruff + finch.]

shambledodo /ˈʃӕmbleˌdәʊdәʊ/

noun (plural shambledodos)

an awkward, nocturnal bird.

[a blend of shamble + dodo + shadow.]

skippetchirp /ˈskɪpәˌtʃәːp/

noun (plural skippetchirps)

a bird that uses its nest-building skills to weave baskets.

  • skippetchirpish /ˈskɪpәˌtʃәːpɪʃ/ adjective

[from English dialect skippet ‘basket’ + chirp.]

snowl /snaʊl/

noun (plural snowls)

a kind of snowy owl which is permanently hunched up, even when hunting frizzards and building nivanides.

  • snowlish /ˈsnaʊlɪʃ/ adjective
  • snowlishly adverb

snowled over

adjective committed to avoidance.

[a tiakler of snow + owl.]

snuggelugger /ˈsnʌɡәˌlʌɡә/

noun (plural snuggeluggers)

1. a nomadic bird that builds one very sturdy nest and carries it on its back until menopause.

2. a backpacker.

  • snuggeluggerly /ˌsnʌɡәˈlʌɡәli/ adjective

[a blend of snuggle + lugger.]

spadebeak /ˈspeɪdbiːk/

noun (plural spadebeaks)

1. a descendent of the spoonbill; a weeding bird that digs up worms, etc. with its spade-like beak.

2. someone who is much less clumsy and inefficient than they appear.

verb (transitive) (plural spadebeaks; spadeboke, spadebeaks, spadebeaking, spadeboken, spadebeakel; agent noun spadebeaker (plural spadebeakers); patient noun spadebeakee (plural spadebeakees))

3. to kiss for information.

  • spadebeaky /ˈspeɪdˌbiːki/ adjective (comparative spadebeakier; superlative spadebeakiest)
  • spadebeakily adverb
  • spadebeakery /ˈspeɪdˌbiːkәri/ noun

splutterpsittacoscintillaquillagill /ˌsplʌtәˌsɪtәˌkɒsɪnˌtɪlәˈkwɪlәˌɡɪl/

noun (plural splutterpsittacoscintillaquillagills)

a flip-flappening, aquatic psittacoscintillaquill that feeds on twinklesinks and swashflushes.

  • splutterpsittacoscintillaquillagillian /ˌsplʌtәˌsɪtәˌkɒsɪnˌtɪlәˌkwɪlәˈɡɪlɪәn/ adjective

[from splutter + Hoptanglish psittacoscintillaquill + gill.]

spycatcher /ˈspʌɪˌkӕtʃә/

noun (plural spycatchers)

a bird that hunts flies on the wall.

  • spycatcherly /ˈspʌɪˌkӕtʃәli/ adjective

swirlybird /ˈswәːliˌbәːd/

noun (plural swirlybirds)

an easy-going bird that travels with the currents.

  • swirlybirdal /ˈswәːliˌbәːdәl/ adjective
  • swirlybirdally adverb

testosterich /tɛsˈtɒstәˌrɪtʃ/

noun (plural testosteriches)

a large, lolloping, swashbuckling bird with large, lolloping, swashbuckling balls.

  • testosterichulous /tɛsˌtɒstәˈrɪtʃjʊlәs/ adjective

[a blend of testosterone + ostrich.]

threebeatweety /ˈθriːbiːˌtwiːti/

noun (plural threebeatweeties)

a bird with three wings.

  • threebeatweetular /ˈθriːbiːˌtwiːtjʊlә/ adjective

[a blend of three + beat + tweet + -y.]

toothpeck /ˈtuːθpɛk/

noun (plural toothpecks)

a small, sharp, fairly domesticated bird that removes plaque from the teeth of its owner.

  • toothpeckular /tuːˈθpɛkjʊlә/ adjective

twyppen /ˈtwɪpәn/

noun (plural twyppens)

a species of bird that is utterly nondescript (except for the fact that it possesses a vast universe inside its skull).

  • twyppenous /ˈtwɪpәnәs/ adjective

[derivation unknown.]

umbrolga /ʌmˈbrәʊlɡә/

noun (plural umbrolgas)

a bird which uses its large, curvy, waterproof tail feather to shield its eggs against the rain.

  • umbrolgan /ʌmˈbrәʊlɡәn/ adjective

[a blend of Latin umbra ‘shade’ + brolga.]

wheelsparrow 1 /ˈwɪәlˌspӕrәʊ/

noun (plural wheelsparrows)

a sparrow with a girpter.

willowback /ˈwɪlәʊˌbӕk/

noun (plural willowbacks)

a bird with shaggy, green plumage.

wirewinged gullow /ˌwʌɪәwɪŋd ˈɡʌlәʊ/

noun (plural wirewinged gullows)

a species of bird that uses its filapennas and wingstrings to perform as a puppet in courtship displays.

[from Hoptanglish wirewinged + Hoptanglish gullow.]

zapteryx /ˈzӕptәˌrɪks/

noun (plural zapteryxen)

an electric bird.

Compare: vlankernapes

  • zapteryxian /ˌzӕptәˈrɪksɪәn/ adjective

[a blend of zap + Ancient Greek πτερόν pteron ‘wing’.]