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has gloss | eng: Whiffling is a term used in ornithology, describing the action of descending rapidly from a height once the decision to land has been made, involving fast side-slipping first one way and then the other. The term is usually applied to geese (family Anatidae), whose flocks whiffle spectacularly, especially when wishing to avoid a long, slow descent over an area where wildfowling is practised |
lexicalization | eng: Whiffling |
instance of | c/Geese |
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