darter
One who darts, or who throws darts; that which darts.
Any member of the family Anhingidae, waterbirds with long necks.
Any of various darting freshwater fish of the family Percidae, that are usually small and brightly coloured and are native to North America.
Any of the similar South American (and Panamanian) freshwater fish in the characin family Crenuchidae
Any of the dragonflies in the genus Sympetrum
Any of various hesperiid butterflies of the genera Arrhenes and Telicota.
A game of darts that is won with the specified number of darts thrown.

darters
plural of darter

davies
plural of davy

davy
An affidavit, a legally binding statement or oath

davys
plural of davy

demoiselle crane
A crane, Grus virgo (syn. Anthropoides virgo), found in central Asia, 85-100 centimeters long with a loud trumpeting call.

desert wheatear
Oenanthe deserti, an Old World flycatcher native to Asia and northern Africa

diamond dove
Geopelia cuneata, a bird resident in Australia.

diamond firetail
Stagonopleura guttata, an estrildid finch endemic to Australia.

diatryma
A big-beaked prehistoric bird in the genus Gastornis, larger than the ostrich, believed to have become extinct 15- to 25-million years ago due to a vast climate change.

diatrymas
plural of diatryma

dickcissel
The American black-throated bunting (Spiza americana).

dickcissels
plural of dickcissel

dickybirds
plural of dickybird.

dipchick
Alternative form of dabchick.

dipchicks
plural of dipchick

dipper
One who, or that which, dips (immerses something, or itself, into a liquid).
Any of various small passerine birds of the genus Cinclus that live near fast-flowing streams and feed along the bottom.
A cup-shaped vessel with a long handle, for dipping into and ladling out liquids; a ladle or scoop.
The control in a vehicle that switches between high-beam and low-beam (i.e. dips the lights), especially when used to signal other vehicles.
Any snack food intended to be dipped in sauce.
Someone who dips chewing tobacco or snuff.
A pickpocket.
A person employed in a tin plate works to coat steel plates in molten tin by dipping them.
A person employed to assist a bather in and out of the sea.
A Baptist or Dunker.
A delivery bowled that curves into or away from the batter before pitching.
an Indian-born immigrant residing in Western countries, often born in the 1990s or later

dippers
plural of dipper

divers
plural of diver

dives
plural of dive

diving petrels
plural of diving petrel

diving-petrel
Alternative spelling of diving petrel.

dobchick
Archaic form of dabchick.

dobchicks
plural of dobchick

doctor bird
Trochilus polytmus; a red-billed streamertail; scissor-tail hummingbird; scissors tail hummingbird (hummingbird)

dodo
A large, flightless bird, †Raphus cucullatus, related to the pigeon, that is now extinct (since the 1600s) and was native to Mauritius.
A person or organisation which is very old or has very old-fashioned views or is not willing to change and adapt.
A hole in one.

dodoes
plural of dodo

dodos
plural of dodo

dollarbird
Eurystomus orientalis, a bird of the roller family, with distinctive blue coin-shaped spots on its wings.

dollarbirds
plural of dollarbird

domestic duck
The domesticated subspecies or form of mallard, sometimes Anas platyrhynchos domesticus or Anas platyrhynchos f. domestica.
Any duck species or subspecies that has been domesticated.

donacobius
A monotypic passerine bird of tropical South America, Donacobius atricapilla, also known as the black-capped donacobius.

donacobiuses
plural of donacobius

dook
To make a certain clucking sound.

dookers
plural of dooker

dotterel
A gullible fool, especially an elderly person with impaired faculties.
A small brown-and-black bird of species Charadrius morinellus, of the plover family.
Any of various small birds of Australasia thought to resemble the Eurasian dotterel.

dotterels
plural of dotterel

dottrel
Archaic form of dotterel.

dottrels
plural of dottrel

double-banded courser
Rhinoptilus africanus, a species of African courser bird.

double-banded plover
A small shorebird, of species Anarhynchus bicinctus, of Australia, New Zealand, and nearby islands, having two bands of contrastive colour on the breast.

double-barred finch
A species of estrildid finch, Stizoptera bichenovii, of Australia, having two dark bars across the its white chest.

dove
A pigeon, especially one smaller in size and white-colored; a bird (often arbitrarily called either a pigeon or a dove or both) of more than 300 species of the family Columbidae.
A person favouring conciliation and negotiation rather than conflict.
Term of endearment for one regarded as pure and gentle.
A greyish, bluish, pinkish colour like that of the bird.
Ellipsis of love dove (“tablet of the drug ecstasy”).

dovekey
Alternative spelling of dovekie.

dovekeys
plural of dovekey

dovekie
A small black and white seabird, of the genus Alle, of the north Atlantic; the little auk.

dovekies
plural of dovekie

doves
plural of dove

dovie
Synonym of dove (“term of endearment”).

dovies
plural of dovie

dowitcher
Any of three long-legged and long-billed migratory wading birds in the genus Limnodromus of the family Scolopacidae.

dowitchers
plural of dowitcher

downy woodpecker
A small woodpecker native to North America, Dryobates pubescens

drakestoning
Synonym of ducks and drakes.

drongo
Any bird of the genus Dicrurus.

drongo-cuckoo
Any bird of the genus Surniculus, found from India to the Philippines.

drongoes
plural of drongo

drongos
plural of drongo

duck
To quickly lower (the head or body), often in order to prevent it from being struck by something.
To lower (something) into water; to thrust or plunge under liquid and suddenly withdraw.
To go under the surface of water and immediately reappear; to plunge one's head into water or other liquid.
To bow.
To evade doing something, especially something considered a responsibility.
To lower the volume of (a sound) so that other sounds in the mix can be heard more clearly.
To enter a place for a short moment.

duck hawk
peregrine falcon (Falco peregrinus)
marsh harrier

duckdive
Alternative form of duck dive.

duckdives
plural of duckdive

ducke
Obsolete form of duck.

duckes
plural of ducke

ducks
plural of duck

ducktape
Alternative form of duck tape.

ducktapes
plural of ducktape

dunbird
The pochard.
The ruddy duck.

dunbirds
plural of dunbird

dunlin
A small wading bird, Calidris alpina, found along the coast and having a distinctive black belly patch in its breeding plumage. A type of stint.

dunlins
plural of dunlin

dunnock
A small European and Asian passerine bird, Prunella modularis; the hedge sparrow or hedge warbler.

dunnocks
plural of dunnock

dusky bush tanager
Chlorospingus semifuscus, a species of perching bird found in Columbia and Ecuador.

dusky chlorospingus
Chlorospingus semifuscus, a species of perching bird found in Columbia and Ecuador.

dusky grouse
A species of forest-dwelling grouse native to the Rocky Mountains in North America, Dendragapus obscurus.

dusky thrush
A species of thrush, Turdus eunomus, which breeds eastwards from central Siberia.

dusky tit
Melaniparus funereus, a small bird of the tit family Paridae

dusky warbler
Phylloscopus sibilatrix, a leaf warbler which breeds in East Asia.

dusky woodswallow
Artamus cyanopterus, a species of woodswallow.

dwarf cassowary
Casuarius bennetti, the smallest of the three extant species of cassowaries.

dwarf tinamou
A tinamou, Taoniscus nanus, also known as the least tinamou.

dysemesia
Retching; painful vomiting.

dysemesias
plural of dysemesia

eagle
Any of several large carnivorous and carrion-eating birds in the family Accipitridae, having a powerful hooked bill and keen vision.
A gold coin with a face value of ten dollars, formerly used in the United States.
A 13th-century coin minted in Europe and circulated in England as a debased sterling silver penny, outlawed under Edward I of England.
A score of two under par for a hole.