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Collish
Collish Col"lish, n. (Shoemaking) A tool to polish the edge of a sole. --Knight.
Collision
Collision Col*li"sion, n. [L. collisio, fr. collidere. See Collide.] 1. The act of striking together; a striking together, as of two hard bodies; a violent meeting, as of railroad trains; a clashing. 2. A state of opposition; antagonism; interference. The collision of contrary false principles. --Bp. Warburton. Sensitive to the most trifling collisions. --W. Irving. Syn: Conflict; clashing; encounter; opposition.
Collisive
Collisive Col*li"sive, a. Colliding; clashing. [Obs.]
Nyctidromus albicollis
Parauque Pa*rauque", n. (Zo["o]l.) A bird (Nyctidromus albicollis) ranging from Texas to South America. It is allied to the night hawk and goatsucker.
Torticollis
Torticollis Tor`ti*col"lis, n. [F. toricolis; L. torquere, tortum, to twist + collum the neck.] (Med.) See Wryneck.
Tryngites subruficollis
Sandpiper Sand"pi`per, n. 1. (Zo["o]l.) Any one of numerous species of small limicoline game birds belonging to Tringa, Actodromas, Ereunetes, and various allied genera of the family Tringid[ae]. Note: The most important North American species are the pectoral sandpiper (Tringa maculata), called also brownback, grass snipe, and jacksnipe; the red-backed, or black-breasted, sandpiper, or dunlin (T. alpina); the purple sandpiper (T. maritima: the red-breasted sandpiper, or knot (T. canutus); the semipalmated sandpiper (Ereunetes pusillus); the spotted sandpiper, or teeter-tail (Actitis macularia); the buff-breasted sandpiper (Tryngites subruficollis), and the Bartramian sandpiper, or upland plover. See under Upland. Among the European species are the dunlin, the knot, the ruff, the sanderling, and the common sandpiper (Actitis, or Tringoides, hypoleucus), called also fiddler, peeper, pleeps, weet-weet, and summer snipe. Some of the small plovers and tattlers are also called sandpipers. 2. (Zo["o]l.) A small lamprey eel; the pride. Curlew sandpiper. See under Curlew. Stilt sandpiper. See under Stilt.
Zonotrichia albicollis
Peabody bird Pea"bod*y bird` (Zo["o]l.) An American sparrow (Zonotrichia albicollis) having a conspicuous white throat. The name is imitative of its note. Called also White-throated sparrow.

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- Collis may refer to: Collis (surname) Collis (given name) Collis (planetary geology), a term used in planetary geology for a small hill or **** Collis...
- Fitzgerald Collis (1900–1975) was an Irish doctor and writer. As an author he was known as Robert Collis. As a doctor, he was commonly known as Dr Bob Collis. Maurice...
- city. The seven hills are: Aventine Hill (Latin: Collis Aventinus; Italian: Aventino) Caelian Hill (Collis Caelius, originally the Mons Querquetul****; Celio)...
- Collis Potter Huntington (October 22, 1821 – August 13, 1900) was an American industrialist and railway magnate. He was one of the Big Four of western...
- The Esquiline Hill (/ˈɛskwɪlaɪn/; Latin: Collis Esquilinus; Italian: Esquilino [eskwiˈliːno]) is one of the Seven Hills of Rome. Its southernmost cusp...
- Collis is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Charles Collis (1838–1902), Irish-American US Army officer in the American Civil War Dean...
- John Barnatt; John Collis (1996). Barrows in the Peak District: Recent Research. J.R. Collis. ISBN 978-0-906090-50-3. John Collis (2003) [1984]. The European...
- William Stewart Collis (27 September 1860 — 2 January 1947) was an Irish international rugby union player. A Dublin solicitor, Collis pla**** rugby during...
- The Palatine Hill (/ˈpælətaɪn/; classical Latin: Palatium; Neo-Latin: Collis/Mons Palatinus; Italian: Palatino [palaˈtiːno]), which relative to the seven...
- The Aventine Hill (/ˈævɪntaɪn, -tɪn/; Latin: Collis Aventinus; Italian: Aventino [avenˈtiːno]) is one of the Seven Hills on which ancient Rome was built...