"fireback" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: firebacks [plural]
Etymology: fire + back Etymology templates: {{compound|en|fire|back}} fire + back Head templates: {{en-noun}} fireback (plural firebacks)
  1. Any of certain species of pheasant in the genus Lophura. Categories (lifeform): Fowls Translations (some pheasants): kruunufasaani (Finnish), punaperäfasaani (Finnish), savufasaani (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-fireback-en-noun-Hh8wwZf5 Disambiguation of Fowls: 81 19 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 57 43 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 72 28 Disambiguation of 'some pheasants': 79 21
  2. A piece of iron that fits into the back of a fireplace to distribute the heat and keep the brick from cracking.
    Sense id: en-fireback-en-noun-SudX-ZDT
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: crested fireback, crestless fireback, Siamese fireback Related terms: backsplash

Inflected forms

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