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.xr-sense:target{background:#fff8ca;scroll-margin-top:100px}<\/style><div id=\"hp-approved-group\"><nav><a href=\"\/?page_id=36\">Categories<\/a> \u00b7 <a href=\"\/?page_id=36#category-Dictionaries\">Dictionaries<\/a><\/nav><h2>Animal Dictionaries<\/h2><p>8 entries<\/p><p><a href=\"#review-entry-1138\">birdwordbook<\/a> \u00b7 <a href=\"#review-entry-4088\">ducktionary<\/a> \u00b7 <a href=\"#review-entry-6388\">gloosary<\/a> \u00b7 <a href=\"#review-entry-9912\">motmotmotmot<\/a> \u00b7 <a href=\"#review-entry-10871\">ornicordance<\/a> \u00b7 <a href=\"#review-entry-11277\">pelexicoan<\/a> \u00b7 <a href=\"#review-entry-11521\">pigeonary<\/a> \u00b7 <a href=\"#review-entry-17571\">vocuckoobulary<\/a><\/p><article class=\"xr-entry\" id=\"review-entry-1138\" data-name=\"birdwordbook\" data-anagram-status=\"checked for anagrams\"><h3>birdwordbook <small>\/\u02c8b\u04d9\u02d0dw\u04d9\u02d0db\u028ak\/<\/small><\/h3><section class=\"xr-word-class\"><p class=\"xr-grammar\"><em>noun<\/em> <span class=\"xr-inflections\">(<span class=\"xr-plural\">plural <strong>birdwordbooks<\/strong><\/span>)<\/span><\/p><section id=\"review-sense-1138-1\" data-sense-number=\"1\" class=\"xr-sense\"><p> a dictionary of a language of birds, such as a gloosary or a vocuckoobulary.<\/p><p class=\"xr-xref\"><strong>Proxynonym:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/hoptanglish.com\/?page_id=3031#review-entry-10871\">ornicordance<\/a><\/p><\/section><\/section><section class=\"xr-etymology\"><p>[a tiakler of Hoptanglish <em>birdword<\/em> + <em>wordbook<\/em>.]<\/p><\/section><\/article>\n<article class=\"xr-entry\" id=\"review-entry-4088\" data-name=\"ducktionary\" data-anagram-status=\"checked for anagrams\"><h3>ducktionary <small>\/\u02c8d\u028ck\u0283\u04d9n\u025bri\/<\/small><\/h3><section class=\"xr-word-class\"><p class=\"xr-grammar\"><em>noun<\/em> <span class=\"xr-inflections\">(<span class=\"xr-plural\">plural <strong>ducktionaries<\/strong><\/span>)<\/span><\/p><section id=\"review-sense-4088-1\" data-sense-number=\"1\" class=\"xr-sense\"><p> a book listing the words used by ducks.<\/p><\/section><\/section><section class=\"xr-etymology\"><p>[a blend of <em>duck<\/em> + <em>dictionary<\/em>.]<\/p><\/section><p class=\"xr-reference\"><strong>Homophone:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/hoptanglish.com\/?page_id=3030#review-entry-4090\">ductionary<\/a>.<\/p><\/article>\n<article class=\"xr-entry\" id=\"review-entry-6388\" data-name=\"gloosary\" data-anagram-status=\"checked for anagrams\"><h3>gloosary <small>\/\u02c8\u0261lu\u02d0s\u04d9ri\/<\/small><\/h3><section class=\"xr-word-class\"><p class=\"xr-grammar\"><em>noun<\/em> <span class=\"xr-inflections\">(<span class=\"xr-plural\">plural <strong>gloosaries<\/strong><\/span>)<\/span><\/p><section id=\"review-sense-6388-1\" data-sense-number=\"1\" class=\"xr-sense\"><p> a book listing the words used by geese.<\/p><\/section><\/section><section class=\"xr-etymology\"><p>[a blend of <em>goose<\/em> + <em>glossary<\/em>.]<\/p><\/section><\/article>\n<article class=\"xr-entry\" id=\"review-entry-9912\" data-name=\"motmotmotmot\" data-anagram-status=\"checked for anagrams\"><h3>motmotmotmot <sup>1<\/sup> <small>\/\u02c8m\u0252tm\u0252t\u02ccm\u04d9\u028am\u04d9\u028a\/<\/small><\/h3><section class=\"xr-word-class\"><p class=\"xr-grammar\"><em>noun<\/em> <span class=\"xr-inflections\">(<span class=\"xr-plural\">plural <strong>motmotmotmots<\/strong><\/span>)<\/span><\/p><section id=\"review-sense-9912-1\" data-sense-number=\"1\" class=\"xr-sense\"><p> a dictionary of birds.<\/p><\/section><\/section><section class=\"xr-etymology\"><p>[from English <em>motmot<\/em>, a kind of tropical bird  + Hoptanglish <em>motmot<\/em>.]<\/p><\/section><\/article>\n<article class=\"xr-entry\" id=\"review-entry-10871\" data-name=\"ornicordance\" data-anagram-status=\"checked for anagrams\"><h3>ornicordance <small>\/\u02c8\u0254\u02d0n\u026a\u02cck\u0254\u02d0d\u04d9ns\/<\/small><\/h3><section class=\"xr-word-class\"><p class=\"xr-grammar\"><em>noun<\/em> <span class=\"xr-inflections\">(<span class=\"xr-plural\">plural <strong>ornicordances<\/strong><\/span>)<\/span><\/p><section id=\"review-sense-10871-1\" data-sense-number=\"1\" class=\"xr-sense\"><p> a glossary in a language of birds.<\/p><p class=\"xr-xref\"><strong>Proxynonym:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/hoptanglish.com\/?page_id=3031#review-entry-1138\">birdwordbook<\/a><\/p><\/section><\/section><section class=\"xr-etymology\"><p>[a blend of Greek <em>\u1f44\u03c1\u03bd\u03b9\u03c2<\/em> <em>ornis<\/em> &#39;bird&#39; + <em>concordance<\/em>.]<\/p><\/section><\/article>\n<article class=\"xr-entry\" id=\"review-entry-11277\" data-name=\"pelexicoan\" data-anagram-status=\"checked for anagrams\"><h3>pelexicoan <small>\/p\u025b\u02c8l\u025bks\u026a\u02cck\u04d9\u028an\/<\/small><\/h3><section class=\"xr-word-class\"><p class=\"xr-grammar\"><em>noun<\/em> <span class=\"xr-inflections\">(<span class=\"xr-plural\">plural <strong>pelexicoans<\/strong><\/span>)<\/span><\/p><section id=\"review-sense-11277-1\" data-sense-number=\"1\" class=\"xr-sense\"><p> a book listing the words used by pelicans.<\/p><\/section><\/section><section class=\"xr-etymology\"><p>[a blend of <em>pelican<\/em> + <em>lexicon<\/em>.]<\/p><\/section><\/article>\n<article class=\"xr-entry\" id=\"review-entry-11521\" data-name=\"pigeonary\" data-anagram-status=\"checked for anagrams\"><h3>pigeonary <small>\/\u02c8p\u026a\u02a4\u04d9n\u025bri\/<\/small><\/h3><section class=\"xr-word-class\"><p class=\"xr-grammar\"><em>noun<\/em> <span class=\"xr-inflections\">(<span class=\"xr-plural\">plural <strong>pigeonaries<\/strong><\/span>)<\/span><\/p><section id=\"review-sense-11521-1\" data-sense-number=\"1\" class=\"xr-sense\"><p> a book listing the words used by pigeons.<\/p><\/section><\/section><section class=\"xr-etymology\"><p>[a blend of <em>pigeon<\/em> + <em>dictionary<\/em>.]<\/p><\/section><\/article>\n<article class=\"xr-entry\" id=\"review-entry-17571\" data-name=\"vocuckoobulary\" data-anagram-status=\"checked for anagrams\"><h3>vocuckoobulary <small>\/\u02ccv\u04d9\u028ak\u028a\u02c8ku\u02d0bju\u02d0\u02ccl\u025bri\/<\/small><\/h3><section class=\"xr-word-class\"><p class=\"xr-grammar\"><em>noun<\/em> <span class=\"xr-inflections\">(<span class=\"xr-plural\">plural <strong>vocuckoobularies<\/strong><\/span>)<\/span><\/p><section id=\"review-sense-17571-1\" data-sense-number=\"1\" class=\"xr-sense\"><p> a book listing the words used by cuckoos.<\/p><\/section><\/section><section class=\"xr-etymology\"><p>[a blend of <em>vocabulary<\/em> + <em>cuckoo<\/em>.]<\/p><\/section><\/article><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Categories \u00b7 Dictionaries Animal Dictionaries 8 entries birdwordbook \u00b7 ducktionary \u00b7 gloosary \u00b7 motmotmotmot \u00b7 ornicordance \u00b7 pelexicoan \u00b7 pigeonary \u00b7 vocuckoobulary birdwordbook \/\u02c8b\u04d9\u02d0dw\u04d9\u02d0db\u028ak\/ noun (plural birdwordbooks) a dictionary of a language of birds, such as a gloosary or a vocuckoobulary. 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