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Definition of Baldpates
1. baldpate [n] - See also: baldpate
Lexicographical Neighbors of Baldpates
Literary usage of Baldpates
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Auk: Quarterly Journal of Ornithology by American Ornithologists' Union, Nuttall Ornithological Club (1907)
"The earlier arrivals are particularly associated with Green- winged Teals and to
a considerable extent also with Pintails, Gadwalls, baldpates, Ring-necks, ..."
2. Birds that Hunt and are Hunted: Life Histories of One Hundred and Seventy by Neltje Blanchan (1905)
"... bag by fair means jnd foul immense numbers of baldpates every season; yet so
prolific is the bird, and so widely distributed over this continent, ..."
3. Wit, Wisdom and Foibles of the Great: Together with Numerous Anecdotes by Charles Anthony Shriner (1918)
"The emperor, seeing so many, crossed himself and, finding out how the mistake
occurred, made the baldpates drunk for three days and then sent them home ..."
4. Outdoor Heritage by Harold Child Bryant (1919)
"Thousands of pintail and baldpates and a few shovellers and green-winged teal
loaf on ... The pintails and baldpates come out on the lawns at feeding time, ..."
5. The Birds of Ohio: A Complete Scientific and Popular Description of the 320 by Lynds. Jones, William Leon Dawson (1902)
"In the Chesapeake Bay region, where large numbers of them winter, the baldpates
are said to make up for their own lack of skill in diving, by seizing upon ..."
6. The Birds of Essex County, Massachusetts by Charles Wendell Townsend (1905)
"I have seen a flock of five baldpates eagerly following half a dozen American
... The baldpates gathered about the Coots as soon as they emerged on the ..."
7. Journal of Horticulture, Cottage Gardener and Country Gentlemen (1875)
"... and Black baldpates all in the merriest state of cooing and showing themselves
oil to perfection. We left England and passed to Wales. ..."
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