plural of earth-tongue

(obsolete) A bird referred to in the Bible as unclean (Lev. xi. 18 and Deut. xiv. 17), probably the Egyptian vulture (Neophron percnopterus).

Any species of ear-shaped shells of the genus Haliotis; an abalone

(UK) A hereditary royal officeholder and chivalric title under the sovereign of the United Kingdom, responsible for state funerals and coronations.

(hunting) the act of blocking a fox's earth (burrow) while it is absent, so it is forced to stay above ground.

A kind of primrose (Primula auricula).

species of Culcitium and Espeletia in Western South America / Leonurus cardiaca and Leonotis nepetifolia, both native to Africa, but grown widely as herbal remedies.

A large beetle (Cotinis nitida) which has elytra that are velvety green with pale borders, which ranges from eastern Canada to central Texas, and which in the southern United States destroys figs.

(economics) An index created by the World Bank, where higher rankings indicate better, usually simpler regulations for businesses and stronger protections of property rights.

A bird, the wheatear.