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Scythrops Novae-Hollandiae
Rain Rain, n. [OF. rein, AS. regen; akin to OFries. rein, D. & G. regen, OS. & OHG. regan, Icel., Dan., & Sw. regn, Goth. rign, and prob. to L. rigare to water, to wet; cf. Gr. ? to wet, to rain.] Water falling in drops from the clouds; the descent of water from the clouds in drops. Rain is water by the heat of the sun divided into very small parts ascending in the air, till, encountering the cold, it be condensed into clouds, and descends in drops. --Ray. Fair days have oft contracted wind and rain. --Milton. Note: Rain is distinguished from mist by the size of the drops, which are distinctly visible. When water falls in very small drops or particles, it is called mist; and fog is composed of particles so fine as to be not only individually indistinguishable, but to float or be suspended in the air. See Fog, and Mist. Rain band (Meteorol.), a dark band in the yellow portion of the solar spectrum near the sodium line, caused by the presence of watery vapor in the atmosphere, and hence sometimes used in weather predictions. Rain bird (Zo["o]l.), the yaffle, or green woodpecker. [Prov. Eng.] The name is also applied to various other birds, as to Saurothera vetula of the West Indies. Rain fowl (Zo["o]l.), the channel-bill cuckoo (Scythrops Nov[ae]-Hollandi[ae]) of Australia. Rain gauge, an instrument of various forms measuring the quantity of rain that falls at any given place in a given time; a pluviometer; an ombrometer. Rain goose (Zo["o]l.), the red-throated diver, or loon. [Prov. Eng.] Rain prints (Geol.), markings on the surfaces of stratified rocks, presenting an appearance similar to those made by rain on mud and sand, and believed to have been so produced. Rain quail. (Zo["o]l.) See Quail, n., 1. Rain water, water that has fallen from the clouds in rain.
Scythrops Novaehollandiae
Channel Chan"nel, n. [OE. chanel, canel, OF. chanel, F. chenel, fr. L. canalis. See Canal.] 1. The hollow bed where a stream of water runs or may run. 2. The deeper part of a river, harbor, strait, etc., where the main current flows, or which affords the best and safest passage for vessels. 3. (Geog.) A strait, or narrow sea, between two portions of lands; as, the British Channel. 4. That through which anything passes; means of passing, conveying, or transmitting; as, the news was conveyed to us by different channels. The veins are converging channels. --Dalton. At best, he is but a channel to convey to the National assembly such matter as may import that body to know. --Burke. 5. A gutter; a groove, as in a fluted column. 6. pl. [Cf. Chain wales.] (Naut.) Flat ledges of heavy plank bolted edgewise to the outside of a vessel, to increase the spread of the shrouds and carry them clear of the bulwarks. Channel bar, Channel iron (Arch.), an iron bar or beam having a section resembling a flat gutter or channel. Channel bill (Zo["o]l.), a very large Australian cuckoo (Scythrops Nov[ae]hollandi[ae]. Channel goose. (Zo["o]l.) See Gannet.

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- channel-billed cuckoo (Scythrops novaehollandiae) is a species of cuckoo in the family Cuculidae. It is monotypic within the genus Scythrops. The species is...
- engagement to an unknown suitor, appeals to Scythrop for shelter and he hides her in a secret room. The change in Scythrop's demeanour spurs on Marionetta to threaten...
- Holocentridae is a family of ray-finned fish, the only family of the suborder Holocentroidei within the order Beryciformes. The members of the subfamily...
- characters frequently appeared in nineteenth-century literature; they include Scythrop in Thomas Love Pea****'s Nightmare Abbey, Ladislaw in George Eliot's Middlemarch...
- Microdynamis – dwarf koel Genus Eudynamys – typical koels (3 species) Genus Scythrops – channel-billed cuckoo Genus Urodynamis – Pacific long-tailed cuckoo...
- Zanclostomus Cuculini Cacomantis Cercococcyx Chrysococcyx Cuculus Eudynamys Hierococcyx Microdynamis †Nannococcyx Pachycoccyx Scythrops Surniculus Urodynamis...
- young birds that it catches on the ground. The channel-billed cuckoo (Scythrops novaehollandiae) has been recorded as a brood parasite. Australian ravens...
- Zanclostomus Cuculini Cacomantis Cercococcyx Chrysococcyx Cuculus Eudynamys Hierococcyx Microdynamis †Nannococcyx Pachycoccyx Scythrops Surniculus Urodynamis...
- Zanclostomus Cuculini Cacomantis Cercococcyx Chrysococcyx Cuculus Eudynamys Hierococcyx Microdynamis †Nannococcyx Pachycoccyx Scythrops Surniculus Urodynamis...
- Zanclostomus Cuculini Cacomantis Cercococcyx Chrysococcyx Cuculus Eudynamys Hierococcyx Microdynamis †Nannococcyx Pachycoccyx Scythrops Surniculus Urodynamis...