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Imperfect Octave Gets The Bird Crossword Clue

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99%6Exact Match!
noun

• long-legged web-footed black-and-white shorebird with slender upward-curving bill

43%6The note that is in the highest octave of the double octave scale
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30%7 Mother gets old and imperfect
adjective

• harmed or injured or spoiled

adjective satellite

• being unjustly brought into disrepute

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