maize thief (mazthef)

A maize-bird; especially, the common marsh-blackbird, Agelæus phænice us. A. Wilson. Maj. An abbreviation of Major before a name. Majaqueus (ma-jā'kwē-us), n. [NL.] A genus of very large sooty shearwaters, of the family Procellariida. The bill and feet are robust, the nasal tubes long, and the wings and tail very short the plumage cies, M. æquin oct i a lis and M. cons pic ill at us, inhabit south is fuliginous, with white markings on the head. ern seas. Reichenbach, 1850.