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Alectorides
Alectorides Al`ec*tor"i*des, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. ? a cock.] (Zo["o]l.) A group of birds including the common fowl and the pheasants.
Alectoromachy
Alectoromachy A*lec`to*rom"a*chy, n. [Gr. ? cock + ? fight.] Cockfighting.
Alectoromancy
Alectoromancy A*lec"to*ro*man`cy, n. See Alectryomancy.
Crax alector
Curassow Cu*ras"sow (k?-r?s"s?), n. [Native name in Brazil.] (Zool.) A large gallinaceous bird of the American genera Crax, Ourax, etc., of the family Cracid[ae]. Note: The crested curassow (Crax alector) is black, and about the size of a small hen-turkey, with an erectile crest of curled feathers. It ranges from Mexico to Brazil. The galeated curassow or cushew bird (Ourax Pauxi) is similar in size, and has a large, hollow, blue, pear-shaped protuberance on the head.
Dialectology
Dialectology Di`a*lec*tol"o*gy, n. [Dialect + -logy.] That branch of philology which is devoted to the consideration of dialects. --Beck.
Dialector
Dialector Di`a*lec"tor, n. One skilled in dialectics.
Textor alector
Oxbird Ox"bird`, n. (Zo["o]l.) (a) The dunlin. (b) The sanderling. (c) An African weaver bird (Textor alector).

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- Alecto (Ancient Gr****: Ἀληκτώ, romanized: Alēktṓ, lit. 'the implacable or unceasing anger') is one of the Erinyes (Furies) in Gr**** mythology. According...
- The Alecto, initially known as the Harry Hopkins Mk 1 CS, was a self propelled gun developed by the British during World War II. In 1942 a project for...
- Alecto, after Alecto, one of the Erinyes of Gr**** mythology: HMS Alecto (1781) was a 12-gun fire ship launched in 1781 and sold in 1802. HMS Alecto (1839)...
- Alecto may refer to: Alecto, one of the Gr**** Erinyes (Furies) Alecto (motorcycle), an English motorcycle manufactured in the immediate post-WW1 period...
- giggle; Alecto is described as a "stocky little woman" and shares her brother's squatness and laugh. In Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Alecto and Amycus...
- release 1 Gideon the Ninth 448 September 10, 2019 2 Harrow the Ninth 512 August 4, 2020 3 Nona the Ninth 480 September 13, 2022 4 Alecto the Ninth TBC...
- Jamides alecto, the metallic cerulean, is a small species of butterfly found in the Indomalayan realm but which crosses the Wallace line into the Australasian...
- Theretra alecto, the Levant hawk moth, is a moth of the family Sphingidae. The species was first described by Carl Linnaeus in his 1758 10th edition of...
- series, after Gideon the Ninth (2019) and Harrow the Ninth (2020), with Alecto the Ninth to follow. The novel was nominated for the 2023 Hugo Award for...
- file? See media help. The black flying fox or black fruit bat (Pteropus alecto) is a bat in the family Pteropodidae. It is among the largest bats in the...