Avians

There were almost no traces of Seeker activity, but both Cabe and Gwen knew that meant nothing; the avians were a secretive race and quite adept at covering their trails. ❋ Richard A. Knaak (2009)

Appropriate choice of metaphor there, too, given that the avians in question are the members of the antiwar movement, who have been quietly fuming for the last two and a half years or so that Democratic Congressional majorities did not translate into immediate surrender and retreat from Iraq and Afghanistan. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Snakecharm A surprising union has brought peace to the avians and serpiente. ❋ Unknown (2010)

A surprising union has brought peace to the avians and serpiente. ❋ Donna (2010)

"Of course, we'd need to have one of those avians of yours, Varian, to discover if it requires carotene," Trizein was saying as if he didn't realize that Varian had left the lab. ❋ Unknown (2010)

He'd get a pepper to pick his energy level up, and he'd get a bit of a breather while he made contact with the avians. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The avians moved restlessly, wings awkwardly held up. ❋ Unknown (2010)

No question of it, the golden avians were following but maintaining a discreet distance, and different levels. ❋ Unknown (2010)

  He scatters fist-fulls across the pavement to the raucous gaggle of avians worshiping at his feet. ❋ Unknown (2010)

They were greasy avians with the heads and breasts of women. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Nothing against polar avians, Skip thought, but how out of it could one guy be? ❋ Mark Jacobson (2010)

And (2) pigs can serve as viable hosts in which two (or more) influenza viruses, infecting the mammal concurrently, can experience "genetic reassortment": a process in which pieces of viral ribonucleic acid or RNA (the virus 'genetic material similar to deoxyribonucleic acid or DNA in mammals and avians) are reorganized through genetic crossovers and transfers, creating a "new" organism - click here (fascinating open access article on the FluGenome project). ❋ Unknown (2009)

From their site: cheerful, colorful avians, two by two. freehanded on felt, so every bird is one-of-a-kind, like you. two-line saying in lovebird cursive (neat, carefree handwriting). ❋ Anne-Marie (2007)

The first of many great diggers rose through the courtyard, grasping a number of confused and dazed avians before they could fly above its reach. ❋ Richard A. Knaak (2009)

As their might and that of the avians crumbled, the dragons entered the lands and grew. ❋ Richard A. Knaak (2009)

Cabe shuddered to think that the avians had once been so widespread. ❋ Richard A. Knaak (2009)

Those avians are shared with Americans as they fly across the U.S. between summer and winter ranges. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Perhaps the birds of a feather thing had crossed the pond and we've caught more from the avians than flu. ❋ Unknown (2009)