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  • black ebony
    [US different sp. W3] n. 1. a tree, Albizzia lebbek: 1889 (Gardner 375). = MUSIC TREE, SINGING TREE, WHISTLING BEAN,
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  • black daw, black dawl
    /blak doh(l)/ (San Sal.); black dolly /blak dóhli/ (Andros, Nassau) [cf. jack daw + doll(y)] n. a bird, the smooth-billed
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  • black crow
    the smooth-billed ani, Crotophaga ani: 1972 (Paterson 94). = BLACKBIRD 1, RAIN-CROW, BLACK DAW, JACK DAWL, LONG-TAIL CROW, GRAVEYARD BIRD
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  • black crab
    [DJE different sp.] n. a land crab, Gecarcinus lateralis, considered a delicacy: 1925 Black crab live in the land (Finlay
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  • Black Charles
    n. 1. a bird, the black grosbeak (Loxigilla noctis): 1880 (Cory 87). (Inagua) 2. a bird, the Greater Antillean bullfinch
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  • black bush
    [W3 different sp.] n. a medicinal plant, Avicennia nitida: 1978 Black bush . . used for the "building up of
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  • blackbird
    [DIE def. 1; OED different sp.] n. 1. a bird, Crotophaga ani, with a parrot-like beak: 1880 Rain crow or
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  • black bee
    (San Sal., Mayag.); black bug (Andros) n. the palm weevil, Rhynchophorus cruentatus, a black stinging insect which bores into the
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  • black bastard buttonwood
    [cf. BASTARD BUTTON-WOOD] n. a tree, Laguncularia racemosa. (Andros)
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  • black-bar soldier fish
    n. a fish, Myripristis jacobus, with a black mark behind its head: 1968 (Böhlke 153). (Black)
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