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A structure built by a bird as a place to incubate eggs and rear young.
"The birds built their nests high in the tree branches, preparing for their new babies. "
Buteo jamaicensis, a medium-sized bird of prey found throughout North America.
"While driving to school, I saw several red-tailed hawks soaring high above the fields. "
Natural deposits of material, regarded as a record of environmental changes over time.
"soil archive; peat archive"
Any of various trees and shrubs of the family Casuarinaceae growing in Australasia and parts of Asia.
"Sentence: "We sat in the shade of the she-oaks near the beach, enjoying the ocean breeze." "
A common species of rat, Rattus rattus.
"The exterminator confirmed that the rats in the old warehouse were ship rats, a common species often found in port cities. "
A floccule; a soft or fluffy particle suspended in a liquid, or the fluffy mass of suspended particles so formed.
"The water treatment plant adds chemicals to the dirty water, causing small particles to clump together and form a large, visible floc that can then be easily removed. "
To fall suddenly into water.
"The child, leaning too far over the edge of the dock, suddenly dowsed into the lake. "
A cool, refreshing state of the air; coolness, duskiness, shade.
"After a long day in the sun, the porch offered welcomed frescos. "
Something added to the soil as a fertilizer etc.
"The gardener added organic dressings to the flower beds to improve the soil. "
To furnish with a curb, as a well; to restrain by a curb, as a bank of earth.
"The city curbed the riverbank with stones to prevent erosion. "
Any one of several species of northern sea ducks of the genus Melanitta.
"While walking along the beach in Maine, we saw a large flock of scoters diving for food in the cold, choppy water. "
A dreary bog or marsh.
"After failing his math test, Michael spent the rest of the day in the sloughs of despond, unable to focus on anything else. "
A mosquito.
"I couldn't sleep last night because a mozzie kept buzzing in my ear. "
Not native to a location; brought from another place.
"The prickly pear cactus is an introduced species in Australia."
To cause to flow in drills or rills or by trickling; to drain by trickling.
"waters drilled through a sandy stratum"
Sequoiadendron giganteum, a coniferous evergreen tree formerly in the genus Sequoia, now placed in Sequoiadendron.
"While visiting Yosemite National Park, we were amazed by the size of the giant sequoias. "
The shape, outline, or boundary of a coast.
"The coastline of the island nation is very irregular, with many bays and inlets. "
A blister or tumor-like growth found on the surface of plants, caused by burrowing of insect larvae into the living tissues, especially that of the common oak gall wasp Cynips quercusfolii.
"The oak tree in my grandmother's garden had several galls on its leaves. "
A layer of fossil soil buried beneath other sediments or deposits.
"While digging the foundation for the new school building, construction workers discovered paleosols, ancient soils that provided clues about the area's past environment before the current topsoil existed. "
To spread out; expand; extend.
"The city outspreads along the coastline, with buildings stretching for miles. "
