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Esacus magnirostris
Shore Shore, n. [OE. schore, AS. score, probably fr. scieran, and so meaning properly, that which is shorn off, edge; akin to OD. schoore, schoor. See Shear, v. t.] The coast or land adjacent to a large body of water, as an ocean, lake, or large river. Michael Cassio, Lieutenant to the warlike Moor Othello, Is come shore. --Shak. The fruitful shore of muddy Nile. --Spenser. In shore, near the shore. --Marryat. On shore. See under On. Shore birds (Zo["o]l.), a collective name for the various limicoline birds found on the seashore. Shore crab (Zo["o]l.), any crab found on the beaches, or between tides, especially any one of various species of grapsoid crabs, as Heterograpsus nudus of California. Shore lark (Zo["o]l.), a small American lark (Otocoris alpestris) found in winter, both on the seacoast and on the Western plains. Its upper parts are varied with dark brown and light brown. It has a yellow throat, yellow local streaks, a black crescent on its breast, a black streak below each eye, and two small black erectile ear tufts. Called also horned lark. Shore plover (Zo["o]l.), a large-billed Australian plover (Esacus magnirostris). It lives on the seashore, and feeds on crustaceans, etc. Shore teetan (Zo["o]l.), the rock pipit (Anthus obscurus). [Prov. Eng.]

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- Great stone-curlew, or great thick-knee (Esacus recurvirostris) Beach stone-curlew, or beach thick-knee (Esacus magnirostris) The two species are larger...
- The great stone-curlew or great thick-knee (Esacus recurvirostris) is a large wader which is a resident breeder in tropical southern Asia from India, ****stan...
- Wikimedia Commons has media related to Esacus magnirostris. Wikispecies has information related to Esacus magnirostris. BirdLife Species Factsheet...
- Mathews. The family contains three genera: Hesperoburhinus, Burhinus and Esacus. The name Burhinus combines the Ancient Gr**** bous meaning "ox" and rhis...
- family Burhinidae, also represented in Australia by the beach stone-curlew Esacus magnirostris, it is terrestrial forager of semiarid inland environments...
- incertae sedis †Cherevychnavis Burhinidae Burhinus Esacus †Genucr****um Pluvianellidae Pluvianellus Chionidae Chionis †Chionoides †Neilus Pluvianidae Pluvi****...
- incertae sedis †Cherevychnavis Burhinidae Burhinus Esacus †Genucr****um Pluvianellidae Pluvianellus Chionidae Chionis †Chionoides †Neilus Pluvianidae Pluvi****...
- Planososibia emileenae Seow-Choen, 2017 Planososibia esacus (Westwood, 1859) - type species (as Necroscia esacus Westwood) Planososibia humbertiana (Saussure...
- incertae sedis †Cherevychnavis Burhinidae Burhinus Esacus †Genucr****um Pluvianellidae Pluvianellus Chionidae Chionis †Chionoides †Neilus Pluvianidae Pluvi****...
- incertae sedis †Cherevychnavis Burhinidae Burhinus Esacus †Genucr****um Pluvianellidae Pluvianellus Chionidae Chionis †Chionoides †Neilus Pluvianidae Pluvi****...