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adverb • stern foremost or backward • at or near or toward the stern of a ship or tail of an airplane • (of a ship or an airplane) behind | ||||||||
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noun • European butterfly having reddish-brown wings each marked with a purple eyespot • male peafowl; having a crested head and very large fanlike tail marked with iridescent eyes or spots | ||||||||
| 19% | 10 | Imaginary creature with the front part like a bird of prey and the back part like a horse | ||||||
noun • A mythical beast, half griffin and half horse, supposedly the offspring of a griffin and a filly. | ||||||||
Like A Bird At The Back Crossword Clue
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ASTERN which was last seen in the The Guardian Cryptic crossword.
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ASTERN
Updated: October 14, 2023
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