scrub-robin

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• Scrub

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• scrub

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• satin-robin

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• shrike-robin

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• mallee-scrub

  n. the «scrub,» or thicket,formed by the Mallee (q.v.). 1893. A. R. Wallace, `Australasia,' vol. i...

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• mulga-scrub

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• scrub-bird

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• scrub-cattle

  n. escaped cattle that run wild in the scrub, used as a collective plural of Scrubber (q.v.). 1860...

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• scrub-crab

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• scrub-dangler

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• scrub-fowl

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• scrub-gum

  n. See gum. ...

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• scrub-hen

  i.q. scrub-fowl. ...

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• scrub-ironwood

  n. See ironwood. ...

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• scrub-myrtle

  n. See myrtle. ...

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• scrub-oak

  n. See oak. ...

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• scrub-pine

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• scrub-rider

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• scrub-sandalwood

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• scrub-tit

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• scrub-tree

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• scrub-turkey

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• scrub-vine

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• scrub-wren

  n. any little bird of theAustralian genus Sericornis. The species are – – Brown Scrub-Wren – – Seri...

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• Robin Hood Court

  1) South out of Thames Street, west of Trig Lane, in Queenhithe Ward (O. and M. 1677-Boyle, 1799). ...

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• scrub-poison-tree

  n. See poison-tree. ...

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• Robin-wood's Court, Shoe Lane

  See Robin Hood Court. ...

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