of BrevirostrateShort-billed; having a short beak.Purslain.A semivitrified clay or shale, somewhat resembling.jasper; -- called also porcelain jasper.Any Old Word rodent of the genus Hystrix, having the

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1. 1. A breviped bird.
2. 2. A brevipennate bird.
3. 3. Short-winged; -- applied to birds which can not fly, owing to their short wings, as the ostrich, cassowary, and emu.
4. 4. Alt. of Brevirostrate
5. 5. Short-billed; having a short beak.
6. 6. Purslain.
7. 7. A semivitrified clay or shale, somewhat resembling jasper; -- called also porcelain jasper.
8. 8. Any Old Word rodent of the genus Hystrix, having the back covered with long, sharp, erectile spines or quills, sometimes a foot long. The common species of Europe and Asia (Hystrix cristata) is the best known.
9. 9. To look or gaze steadily in reading or studying; to fix the attention; to be absorbed; -- often with on or upon, and now usually with over.
10. 10. The margate fish.