red beaked (redbekt)

Same as red - billed: as, the red - beaked hornbill, Buceros erythrorhyn chus, of Africa. redbeard (red'bērd), n. The red sponge, Mi croci on a pro lifer a, which commonly grows on oysters, forming a beard on the shell. [Local, Ů. S.] red-bellied (red'bel"id), a. Having a red belly, or the under parts red: as, the red - bellied nuthatch, Sitta can a dens is; the red - bellied snipe, Macrorhamphus scolopaceus; the red - bellied woodpecker, Centurus carol in us; the red - bellied monkey of Africa, Cercopithecus erythrogaster; the red - bellied terrapin, Chrysemys or Pseude mys rubriventris. - Red-bellied perch. See perch1. 1. The slider, potter, redbelly (red'bel"i), n. or red-fender, Chrysemys rubriventris, an edible terrapin of the United States. See red - fender. -2. The torgoch, a Welsh variety of the char, Salve lin us umbla.-3. The red-bellied minnow, Chrosomus erythrogaster. [Southern U. S.] 4. The red-bellied perch or sunfish, a centrarchoid, Lepomis auritus. [South Carolina.] 5. The red grouper, Epinephelus morio. [U.S.] red-belted (red'bel"ted), a. Belted or banded with red: as, the red - belted clearwing, a moth, Trochilium myopæforme. red berry (red'ber"i), n.; pl. red berries (-iz). A plant of the genus Rhagodia. [Australia.] red-billed a (red bird: bild), as, the a. red - billed Having a curlew, red bill Ibi or dorhynchus strut hers i, of Asia; the red - billed wood-hoopoe, Irrisor erythrorhynchus. See cut IMG:content-1776.png:[blocks in formation] red-blooded (red'blud"ed), a. Having red or reddish blood: specifically noting the higher worms, or annelids, in which, however, the blood is often greenish. redbreast (red'brest), a. and n. [ To relish a love-song like a robin- redbreast . Shak., T. G. of V., ii. 1. 21. The redbreast warbles still, but is content With slender notes. Cowper , Task, vi. 77. 2. The American robin or migratory thrush, Merula migrator i a or Turdus migrator i us. See robin. [U.S.]-3. The red-breasted sandpiper, or knot, Tringa canutus. See robin-snipe.-4. The red-bellied sunfish, Lepomis auritus. red-breasted (red'brested), a. Having a red or reddish breast. - Little red-breasted rail. Same as Virginia rail (which see, under rail 4). - Red-breasted fincht. See finch 1. - Red-breasted goose, Anser rufi coll is.-Red-breasted merganser, Mergus serr at or.Red-breasted plover. Same as redbreast, 3.-Red breasted sandpiper, Tringa canutus. - Red-breasted snipe. ( a ) Macrorhamphus grise us, the dowitcher: also called gray snipe, brown snipe, quail - snipe, German snipe (compare dowitcher ), robin- snipe, grayback, brown back, driver, sea - pigeon, and New York godwit. (b) A misnomer of the American woodcock, Philohela minor. [Local, U. S.] (c) Same as redbreast, 3.