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Definition of oxpecker in English: oxpeckernoun A brown African bird related to the starlings, feeding on parasites that infest the skins of large grazing mammals. Genus Buphagus, family Sturnidae (or Buphagidae): two species Example sentencesExamples - I have been involved with redbilled oxpeckers since 1996, when the project to bring them into our area started.
- We were on our second day, descended a hill when we spotted four redbilled oxpeckers riding a white rhino, busily probing folds of skin, ears and even nostrils for ticks, their primary food source.
- Then of course there were redbilled oxpeckers riding a white rhino and de-ticking as only oxpeckers know how.
- Clouds of oxpeckers chirp above the buffalo, while cattle egrets, a series of white splashes, rise and fall at their feet.
- The red-billed oxpecker keeps ticks and other vermin from the skin.
Definition of oxpecker in US English: oxpeckernounˈäksˌpekər A brown African bird related to the starlings, feeding on parasites that infest the skins of large grazing mammals. Genus Buphagus, family Sturnidae (or Buphagidae): two species Example sentencesExamples - Clouds of oxpeckers chirp above the buffalo, while cattle egrets, a series of white splashes, rise and fall at their feet.
- We were on our second day, descended a hill when we spotted four redbilled oxpeckers riding a white rhino, busily probing folds of skin, ears and even nostrils for ticks, their primary food source.
- The red-billed oxpecker keeps ticks and other vermin from the skin.
- I have been involved with redbilled oxpeckers since 1996, when the project to bring them into our area started.
- Then of course there were redbilled oxpeckers riding a white rhino and de-ticking as only oxpeckers know how.
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