The character inspired the television show Bones, about a female forensic specialist at the Jeffersonian, a fictional Washington, D.C. museum not unlike the Smithsonian. Reichs' tenth novel, Bones to Ashes, appears this month.
Definition of CROWL. : a dwarfed person. ADVERTISEMENT. stunt, dwarf. This word doesn't usually appear in our free dictionary, but the definition from our premium Unabridged Dictionary is offered here on a limited basis.
hackle. 1  Any of the long, slender, often glossy feathers on the neck of a bird, especially a male fowl. 2  hackles The erectile hairs along the back of the neck of an animal, especially of a dog. 3  A feather, usually from the neck of a chicken, used in trimming a fishing fly.