Bird

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  • noun. undefined
  • noun. Any of various warm-blooded egg-laying feathered vertebrates of the class Aves, having forelimbs modified to form wings.
  • noun. Such an animal hunted as game.
  • noun. Such an animal, especially a chicken or turkey, used as food.
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  • noun. A rocket, guided missile, satellite, or airplane.
  • noun. A person, especially one who is odd or remarkable.
  • noun. A young woman.
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  • noun. A loud sound expressing disapproval; a raspberry.
  • noun. Discharge from employment.
  • noun. An obscene gesture of anger, defiance, or derision made by pointing or jabbing the middle finger upward.
  • intransitive verb. To observe and identify birds in their natural surroundings.
  • intransitive verb. To trap, shoot, or catch birds.
  • idiom. (for the birds) Objectionable or worthless.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To catch birds; go bird-shooting or fowling.
  • Hence To look for plunder; thieve.
  • noun. A maiden; a girl; a young woman.
  • noun. [In this, as in other modern instances, the word is archaic, and is probably associated with bird as a term of endearment.]
  • noun. The young of any fowl.
  • noun. A feathered vertebrate animal of the class Aves, frequently included with reptiles in a superclass Sauropsida, but distinguished by having warm blood, by being covered with feathers, and by having the fore limbs so modified as to form wings. See Aves.
  • noun. Any small feathered game, as a partridge, quail, snipe, or woodcock, as distinguished from water-fowl, etc.
  • noun. In astronomy, a southern constellation. See Apus, 1.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • intransitive verb. To catch or shoot birds.
  • intransitive verb. Hence: To seek for game or plunder; to thieve.
  • intransitive verb. to watch birds, especially in their natural habitats, for enjoyment; to birdwatch.
  • noun. Orig., a chicken; the young of a fowl; a young eaglet; a nestling; and hence, a feathered flying animal (see 2).
  • noun. A warm-blooded, feathered vertebrate provided with wings. See Aves.
  • noun. Specifically, among sportsmen, a game bird.
  • noun. Fig.: A girl; a maiden.
  • noun. the phenix.
  • noun. the eagle.
  • noun. the peacock.
  • noun. a wingless insect of the group Mallophaga, of which the genera and species are very numerous and mostly parasitic upon birds. -- Bird mite (Zoöl.), a small mite (genera Dermanyssus, Dermaleichus and allies) parasitic upon birds. The species are numerous.
  • noun. a migratory bird.
  • noun. a very large South American spider (Mygale avicularia). It is said sometimes to capture and kill small birds.
  • noun. a dipterous insect parasitic upon birds (genus Ornithomyia, and allies), usually winged.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A penis.
  • noun. A prison sentence.
  • noun. A member of the class of animals Aves in the phylum Chordata, characterized by being warm-blooded, having feathers and wings usually capable of flight, and laying eggs.
  • noun. A girl or woman considered sexually attractive, as used by a man.
  • noun. An airplane.
  • verb. To observe or identify wild birds in their natural environment
  • verb. To catch or shoot birds.
  • verb. To seek for game or plunder; to thieve.
  • noun. The vulgar hand gesture in which the middle finger is extended.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. a cry or noise made to express displeasure or contempt
  • noun. informal terms for a (young) woman
  • noun. warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings
  • Word Usage
    "A bird, no, a _bird_ circled above him, a stark silhouette against the blue sky, with powerful wings of such size as Milleus had never seen."
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