ground roller

Noun

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Noun (1)

  1. Madagascan roller with terrestrial and crepuscular habits that feeds on e.g. insects and wormsType of roller
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)

Ground roller

Zoology, any one of several species of Madagascar rollers belonging to Atelornis and allied genera. They are nocturnal birds, and feed on the ground.

From the entry Roller.

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54

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