SPADGERS Synonyms

• common European finch mostly black and white with red throat and breast

• United States architect who designed the Capitol Building in Washington which served as a model for state capitols throughout the United States (1763-1844)

• a loosely woven fabric used for flags, etc.

• any of numerous seed-eating songbirds of Europe or North America

• small European finch with a cheerful song

• black birds having a raucous call

• a member of the Siouan people formerly living in eastern Montana

• the cry of a cock (or an imitation of it)

• a small quadrilateral constellation in the Southern Hemisphere near Virgo

• an instance of boastful talk

• a Siouan language spoken by the Crow

• dwell on with satisfaction

• express pleasure verbally

• utter shrill sounds

• any of numerous small pigeons

• a constellation in the Southern Hemisphere near Puppis and Caelum

• someone who prefers negotiations to armed conflict in the conduct of foreign relations

• flesh of a pigeon suitable for roasting or braising; flesh of a dove (young squab) may be broiled

• an emblem of peace

• small brownish European songbird

• crested largely blue bird

• United States diplomat and jurist who negotiated peace treaties with Britain and served as the first chief justice of the United States Supreme Court (1745-1829)

• long-tailed black-and-white crow that utters a raucous chattering call

• someone who collects things that have been discarded by others

• an obnoxious and foolish and loquacious talker

• any of various swallows with squarish or slightly forked tail and long pointed wings; migrate around Martinmas

• French bishop who is a patron saint of France (died in 397)

• United States actor and comedian (born in 1945)

• United States actress (1913-1990)

• United States singer (1917-1995)

• tropical Asian starlings

• flesh of either quail or grouse

• heavy-bodied small-winged South American game bird resembling a gallinaceous bird but related to the ratite birds

• small Old World gallinaceous game birds

• a popular North American game bird; named for its call

• valued as a game bird in eastern United States and Canada

• wild and domesticated birds having a heavy body and short legs

• flesh of quail; suitable for roasting or broiling if young; otherwise must be braised

• small gallinaceous game birds

• draw back, as with fear or pain

• large black bird with a straight bill and long wedge-shaped tail

• obtain or seize by violence

• prey on or hunt for

• eat greedily

• feed greedily

• North American blackbird with scarlet patches on the wings

• small European thrush having reddish flanks

• (chess) the piece that can move any number of unoccupied squares in a direction parallel to the sides of the chessboard

• common gregarious Old World bird about the size and color of the American crow

• deprive of by deceit

• small yellow-and-black Eurasian finch with a sharp beak

• any of several small dull-colored singing birds feeding on seeds or insects

• small brownish European songbird

• gregarious birds native to the Old World