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Nile (?), n. [L. Nilus, gr. .]
The great river of Egypt.
Nile bird. Zool. (a) The wryneck. [Prov. Eng.] (b) The crocodile bird. -- Nile goose Zool., the Egyptian goose. See Note under Goose, 2.
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