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ruddy and turnstone
A drawing of the ruddy turnstone

ruddy and golden
They are very violent and aggressive, described as armed with golden weapons i. e. lightning and thunderbolts, as having iron teeth and roaring like lions, as residing in the north, as riding in golden chariots drawn by ruddy horses.
From an ethnic point of view, Roman authors associated blond and reddish hair with the Gauls and the Germans: e. g., Virgil describes the hair of the Gauls as " golden " ( aurea caesaries ), Tacitus wrote that " the Germans have fierce blue eyes, red hair, huge frames "; in accordance with Ammianus, almost all the Gauls were " of tall stature, fair and ruddy ".
The region around Nathu La contains many endangered species, including Tibetan gazelle, snow leopard, Tibetan wolf, Tibetan snowcock, lammergeier, raven, golden eagle, and ruddy shelduck.

ruddy and on
I'm ruddy lazy, and I'm getting on in years.
Fisher's head was stuck upon a pole on London Bridge but its ruddy and lifelike appearance excited so much attention that, after a fortnight, it was thrown into the Thames, its place being taken by that of Sir Thomas More, whose martyrdom, also at Tower Hill, occurred on 6 July.
The most excellent colors of the pictures, the precious gilding of the images, the beautiful transparence of the ruddy windows on all sides, the most beautiful cloths of the altars, the wondrous merits of the sanctuary, the figures of the reliquaries externally adorned with dazzling gems, bestow such a hyperbolic beauty on that house of prayer, that, in going into it below, one understandably believes oneself, as if rapt to heaven, to enter one of the best chambers of Paradise.
The island fox has gray fur on its head, a ruddy red coloring on its sides, white fur on its belly, throat and the lower half of its face, and a black stripe on the dorsal surface of its tail.
The legends agree that even as a toddler, Kintarō was active and indefatigable, plump and ruddy, wearing only a bib with the kanji for " gold " ( 金 ) on it.
Gale, a ' tall, bluff, ruddy ' individual, with a reputation as ' a bit of a buccaneer ' but allegedly possessing a ' hectoring manner and a loud voice ', was one of a number of Great War veterans to challenge the military status quo that had led to the terrible losses on the Western Front.
Its upperparts are dark ruddy with black barring on rump, it has brown wings that have buff barring, it has paler underparts with dark barring on its lower flanks and vent, and its chin is white with a greyish tinge to its throat.
This writ was once so common that fieri facias became a slang term for a sheriff, with a pun on the " fiery face " of habitual drunkenness, or for anyone with a ruddy complexion.

ruddy and are
They are described as having bodies tall as ( date ) palm-trees, with blond hair and ruddy skin.
* Earth hands are generally identified by broad, square palms and fingers, thick or coarse skin, and ruddy color.
Plutarch was among the unimpressed, deciding that it had failed accurately to reproduce Alexander's colouring: " He made Alexander's complexion appear too dark-skinned and swarthy, whereas we are told that he was fair-skinned, with a ruddy tinge that showed itself especially upon his face and chest.
The clutch is two to seven ( normally five or six ) cream-coloured eggs which have tiny ruddy, purple or blackish spots and are about 1. 5 centimetres ( 0. 6 in ) long and 1. 2 centimetres ( 0. 5 in ) across.
It originally meant the color of the Kermes dye produced from a scale insect, Kermes vermilio, but the name is now also used as a generic term for slightly bluish-red colors that are between red and rose ; besides crimson itself, these colors include carmine, raspberry, ruddy, ruby, amaranth, and cerise.
Their hair is coarse, ranging in color from ruddy gold to brown and black ; the hands and feet are usually black.
Wolfriders have adapted to cold temperate climates ; they are pale pink or ruddy, but tan in hotter climates.
They do not decay ; instead, they swell and may even attain a " drum-like " form, they have a ruddy complexion, and are, according to one account, " fresh and gorged with new blood ".

ruddy and .
The ruddy complexion of the faces also brings comment.
His face was ruddy and heavy and unlined, and when he laughed he showed his teeth, which were big and white and strong and unquestionably home-grown.
After his soul had left the tabernacle of the body, his face still continued ruddy, and brightened in a wonderful way by his vision of the angels, and that to such a degree that he had the appearance, not so much of one dead, as of one alive and sleeping.
This occurs, for example, during an eclipse of the Moon by the Earth — producing a faint, ruddy illumination of the Moon even at totality.
He describes Moses as 80 years old, " tall and ruddy, with long white hair, and dignified.
Describing the lover as " ruddy " () again brings to mind David ( c. f.
Trier lies in a valley between low vine-covered hills of ruddy sandstone in the west of the state of Rhineland-Palatinate, near the border with Luxembourg and within the important Mosel wine region.
Vampires were usually reported as bloated in appearance, and ruddy, purplish, or dark in colour ; these characteristics were often attributed to the recent drinking of blood.
* The initial title, Ruddygore, was changed because of claims that " ruddy " was too similar to the then-taboo curse word " bloody " it was shortly changed to Ruddigore.
Gilbert's response to being told they meant the same thing was: " Not at all, for that would mean that if I said that I admired your ruddy countenance, which I do, I would be saying that I liked your bloody cheek, which I don't.
In The Dialogue, Gwyn is also accompanied by a hound, namely as Dormarth of the ruddy nose.
Short with short red hair, a ruddy complexion in appearance, loud and personable in temperament.
An alternate etymology suggested by Prof. Pischel derives Rudra (" the Red, the Brilliant ") from a lost root rud -, " to be red " or " to be ruddy ", or according to Grassman, " to shine ".
He was " all and handsome, fair-skinned and slightly ruddy ... his hair was the color of a very mature hazelnut, the nose a little snub, the eyes between green and blue ... he had very graceful legs and feet and hands.
According to William, Fulk was " a ruddy man, like David ... faithful and gentle, affable and kind ... an experienced warrior full of patience and wisdom in military affairs.

turnstone and bar-tailed
This includes pink-footed goose, dark-bellied brent goose, shelduck, pintail, oystercatcher, ringed plover, grey plover, golden plover, lapwing, knot, sanderling, dunlin, black-tailed godwit, bar-tailed godwit, curlew, redshank and turnstone.

turnstone and species
The Ruddy Turnstone ( Arenaria interpres ) is a small wading bird, one of two species of turnstone in the genus Arenaria.
It is the only species of turnstone in much of its range and is often known simply as Turnstone.
It is one of two species of turnstone in the genus Arenaria, the Ruddy Turnstone ( A. interpres ) being the other.
This species is in its structure and habits much like a turnstone, but it cannot be confused with any other wader species.

turnstone and on
Magellanic Plovers feed on small invertebrates, picked from the ground, or from under pebbles, again like a turnstone.

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