avian
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This avian bystander may have recognized a fellow bird of prey in Coriolanus, whose role in the Roman ecosystem is necessary yet not fit for all purposes in a young democracy beset with growing pains.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 1, 2026
A meditation on the loss of avian populations is also a joyous celebration of birds in all their glorious variety.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026
He was Sam the Eagle, our national bird transformed by a Disney artist, and to some eyes bearing a slight resemblance to an earlier Disney avian character, a parrot.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 6, 2026
The price of eggs shot up after millions of hens were culled following the UK's worst outbreak of avian flu between 2021 and 2023.
From BBC ● May 24, 2026
Over time mutation lets animal diseases jump to people: avian influenza becomes human influenza, bovine rinderpest becomes human measles, horsepox becomes human smallpox.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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