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Definition: BLACK-FACED

Part of Speech Definition
Adjective 1. Having a black, dark, or gloomy face or aspect.[Websters]
2. Being rustic. [Eve - graph theoretic]
3. Infrequently used base adjective of the adverb black-facedly.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Adverb Form
(black-facedly)		 1. Virtually never used adverbial inflection of the rarely used adjective black-faced.[Eve - graph theoretic]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license.

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Date "Black-faced" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1593. (references)

Specialty Definition: BLACK-FACED

Domain Definition
Noah Webster [Adjective] Having a black face. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary.

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Common Expressions: BLACK-FACED

Expressions Definition
Black-faced Antthrush The Black-faced Antthrush (Formicarius analis), is a passerine bird which breeds in the tropical New World from southern Mexico through Central America to Colombia, Venezuela, Brazil and Trinidad. (references)
Black-faced Bunting The Black-faced Bunting , Emberiza spodocephala , is a passerine bird in the bunting family Emberizidae, a group now separated by most modern authors from the finches, Fringillidae. (references)
Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike The Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike (Coracina novaehollandiae), also called a large cuckoo-shrike, is a common bird in the Indian subcontinent (except Pakistan and NW India), Australia and the Solomon Islands. It has a protected status in Australia, under the National Parks and Wildlife Act, 1974. (references)
Black-faced Grassquit The Black-faced Grassquit, Tiaris bicolor, is a small bird of the family Emberizidae, which also includes the buntings. It breeds in the West Indies except Cuba, on Tobago but not Trinidad, and along the northern coasts of Colombia and Venezuela. (references)
Black-faced Spoonbill The Black-faced Spoonbill (Platalea minor) has the most restricted distribution of all spoonbills, and it is the only one currently regarded as endangered. Confined to the coastal areas of eastern Asia, it seems that it was once common throughout its area of distribution. Currently, it has a niche existence on only a few small rocky islands off the west coast of North Korea, with three wintering sites at Hong Kong, Taiwan and Vietnam, as well as other places where they have been observed in migration. (references)
Black-faced Treepie The Black-faced or Black-browed Treepie (Dendrocitta frontalis) is an Asian treepie, a small perching bird of the Corvidae (crow) family. (references)
Black-faced Woodswallow The Black-faced Woodswallow (Artamus cinereus) is a woodswallow. The swallow is 19 cm long. It's the most widespread species in the family artamidae. They live in Australia, New Guinea and the Sunda Islands incl. Timor. (references)

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Extended Definition: BLACK-FACED

Black-faced

Black-faced may refer to:

  • Black-faced Antthrush, passerine bird which breeds in the tropical New World
  • Black-faced Bunting, passerine bird in the bunting family Emberizidae
  • Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike,
  • Black-faced Grassquit, small bird of the family Emberizidae
  • Black-faced Grosbeak, large seed-eating bird in the cardinal family
  • Black-faced Monarch, passerine bird
  • Black-faced Solitaire, bird in the thrush family endemic to highlands in Costa Rica and western Panama
  • Black-faced Spoonbill, the only spoonbill currently regarded as endangered
  • Black-faced Treepie, Asian treepie
  • Black-faced Woodswallow, the most widespread species in the family Artamidae

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia; from the article "Black-faced". Image Credit.
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Topics by Level of Interest: BLACK-FACED

Topics sorted by level of Interest Level (1=low, 600=high)     Topics sorted Alphabetically Level (1=low, 600=high)
Black-faced 22     Black-faced 22
Black-faced Spoonbill 9     Black-faced Antbird 4
Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike 8     Black-faced Antthrush 7
Black-faced Sheathbill 8     Black-faced Apalis 4
Black-faced Grosbeak 8     Black-faced Brush-finch 4
Black-faced Grassquit 8     Black-faced Bunting 7
Black-faced Antthrush 7     Black-faced Canary 5
Black-faced Bunting 7     Black-faced Cormorant 6
Black-faced Solitaire 6     Black-faced Cotinga 4
Black-faced Cormorant 6     Black-faced Coucal 4
Black-faced Hawk 6     Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike 8
Black-faced Monarch 6     Black-faced Dacnis 4
Black-faced Woodswallow 5     Black-faced Friarbird 4
Black-faced Rufous-warbler 5     Black-faced Grassquit 8
Black-faced Treepie 5     Black-faced Grosbeak 8
Black-faced Pitta 5     Black-faced Hawk 6
Black-faced Tanager 5     Black-faced Ibis 5
Black-faced Ibis 5     Black-faced Laughingthrush 5
Black-faced Laughingthrush 5     Black-faced Monarch 6
Black-faced Canary 5     Black-faced Munia 4
Black-faced Cotinga 4     Black-faced Pitta 5
Black-faced Dacnis 4     Black-faced Rufous-warbler 5
Black-faced Warbler 4     Black-faced Sandgrouse 4
Black-faced Antbird 4     Black-faced Sheathbill 8
Black-faced Friarbird 4     Black-faced Solitaire 6
Black-faced Coucal 4     Black-faced Spoonbill 9
Black-faced Brush-finch 4     Black-faced Tanager 5
Black-faced Apalis 4     Black-faced Treepie 5
Black-faced Sandgrouse 4     Black-faced Warbler 4
Black-faced Munia 4     Black-faced Woodswallow 5

Source: the editor, created by/for EVE to gauge likely levels of human interest in linguistically triggered topics (compiled across various sources, such as Wikipedia and specialty expression glosses).