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bird  (bûrd)

n.

1.

a. Any of the class Aves of warm-blooded, egg-laying, feathered vertebrates with forelimbs modified to form wings.

b. Such an animal hunted as game.

c. Such an animal, especially a chicken or turkey, used as food: put the bird in the oven.

2. See clay pigeon.

3. Sports See shuttlecock.

4. Slang A rocket, guided missile, satellite, or airplane.

5. Slang A person, especially one who is odd or remarkable: a sly old bird.

6. Chiefly British Slang A young woman.

7. Slang

a. A loud sound expressing disapproval; a raspberry.

b. Discharge from employment: lost a big sale and nearly got the bird.

8. An obscene gesture of anger, defiance, or derision made by pointing or jabbing the middle finger upward.

intr.v. bird·ed, bird·ing, birds

1. To observe and identify birds in their natural surroundings.

2. To trap, shoot, or catch birds.

Idiom:

for the birds

Objectionable or worthless.

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[Middle English, from Old English brid, young bird.]

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birding n.

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bird

Noun

1. a two-legged creature with feathers and wings, which lays eggs and can usually fly Related adjective avian

2. Slang, chiefly Brit a girl or young woman

3. Informal a person: he's a rare bird

4. a bird in the hand something definite or certain

5. birds of a feather people with the same ideas or interests

6. kill two birds with one stone to accomplish two things with one action [Old English bridd]

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bird  (bûrd)

Any of numerous warm-blooded, egg-laying vertebrate animals of the class Aves. Birds have wings for forelimbs, a body covered with feathers, a hard bill covering the jaw, and a four-chambered heart.

A Closer Look It is generally believed that birds are descended from dinosaurs and probably evolved from them during the Jurassic Period. While most paleontologists believe that birds evolved from a small dinosaur called the theropod, which in turn evolved from the thecodont, a reptile from the Triassic Period, other paleontologists believe that birds and dinosaurs both evolved from the thecodont. There are some who even consider the bird to be an actual dinosaur. According to this view, the bird is an avian dinosaur, and the older dinosaur a nonavian dinosaur. Although there are variations of thought on the exact evolution of birds, the similarities between birds and dinosaurs are striking and undeniable. Small meat-eating dinosaurs and primitive birds share about twenty characteristics that neither group shares with any other kind of animal; these include tubular bones, the position of the pelvis, the shape of the shoulder blades, a wishbone-shaped collarbone, and the structure of the eggs. Dinosaurs had scales, and birds have modified scalestheir feathersand scaly feet. Some dinosaurs also may have had feathers; a recently discovered fossil of a small dinosaur indicates that it had a featherlike covering. In fact, some primitive fossil birds and small meat-eating dinosaurs are so similar that it is difficult to tell them apart based on their skeletons alone.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	bird - warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings craniate, vertebrate - animals having a bony or cartilaginous skeleton with a segmented spinal column and a large brain enclosed in a skull or cranium Aves, class Aves - (ornithology) the class of birds dickey-bird, dickeybird, dicky-bird, dickybird - small bird; adults talking to children sometimes use these words to refer to small birds cock - adult male bird hen - adult female bird nester - a bird that has built (or is building) a nest night bird - any bird associated with night: owl; nightingale; nighthawk; etc bird of passage - any bird that migrates seasonally protoavis - most primitive avian type known; extinct bird of the Triassic having bird-like jaw and hollow limbs and breastbone with dinosaur-like tail and hind limbs archaeopteryx, Archaeopteryx lithographica, archeopteryx - extinct primitive toothed bird of the Jurassic period having a long feathered tail and hollow bones; usually considered the most primitive of all birds Sinornis - sparrow-sized fossil bird of the Jurassic period to the Cretaceous period having a keeled breastbone and vestigial tail; found in China; considered possibly the second most primitive of all birds Ibero-mesornis - sparrow-sized fossil bird of the Cretaceous period having a vestigial tail; found in Spain; considered possibly the third most primitive of all birds archaeornis - extinct primitive toothed bird with a long feathered tail and three free clawed digits on each wing flightless bird, ratite, ratite bird - flightless birds having flat breastbones lacking a keel for attachment of flight muscles: ostriches; cassowaries; emus; moas; rheas; kiwis; elephant birds carinate, carinate bird, flying bird - birds having keeled breastbones for attachment of flight muscles passeriform bird, passerine - perching birds mostly small and living near the ground with feet having 4 toes arranged to allow for gripping the perch; most are songbirds; hatchlings are helpless nonpasserine bird - chiefly arboreal birds especially of the order Coraciiformes bird of prey, raptor, raptorial bird - any of numerous carnivorous birds that hunt and kill other animals beak, neb, nib, pecker, bill - horny projecting mouth of a bird gallinacean, gallinaceous bird - heavy-bodied largely ground-feeding domestic or game birds parrot - usually brightly colored zygodactyl tropical birds with short hooked beaks and the ability to mimic sounds cuculiform bird - birds having zygodactyl feet (except for the touracos) coraciiform bird - chiefly short-legged arboreal nonpasserine birds that nest in holes apodiform bird - nonpasserine bird having long wings and weak feet; spends much of its time in flight caprimulgiform bird - long-winged nonpasserine birds piciform bird - any of numerous nonpasserine insectivorous climbing birds usually having strong bills for boring wood trogon - forest bird of warm regions of the New World having brilliant lustrous plumage and long tails aquatic bird - wading and swimming and diving birds of either fresh or salt water furcula - a forked bone formed by the fusion of the clavicles of most birds feather, plumage, plume - the light horny waterproof structure forming the external covering of birds wing - a movable organ for flying (one of a pair) pennon, pinion - wing of a bird bird's foot - the foot of a bird uropygium - posterior part of a bird's body from which the tail feathers grow croupe, rump, croup, hindquarters - the part of an animal that corresponds to the human buttocks air sac - any of the membranous air-filled extensions of the lungs of birds preen gland, uropygial gland - oil-secreting gland situated at the base of the tail in most birds syrinx - the vocal organ of a bird twitterer - a bird that twitters bird, fowl - the flesh of a bird or fowl (wild or domestic) used as food
	2.	bird - the flesh of a bird or fowl (wild or domestic) used as food fowl bird - warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings wishbone, wishing bone - the furcula of a domestic fowl poultry - flesh of chickens or turkeys or ducks or geese raised for food wildfowl - flesh of any of a number of wild game birds suitable for food drumstick - the lower joint of the leg of a fowl second joint, thigh - the upper joint of the leg of a fowl wing - the wing of a fowl; "he preferred the drumsticks to the wings" giblet, giblets - edible viscera of a fowl oyster - a small muscle on each side of the back of a fowl parson's nose, pope's nose - the tail of a dressed fowl meat - the flesh of animals (including fishes and birds and snails) used as food dark meat - the flesh of the legs of fowl used as food
	3.	bird - informal terms for a (young) woman   dame, wench, chick, doll, skirt fille, girl, miss, missy, young lady, young woman - a young woman; "a young lady of 18"
	4.	bird - a cry or noise made to express displeasure or contempt boo, Bronx cheer, razz, razzing, snort, hiss, hoot, raspberry cry, outcry, shout, vociferation, yell, call - a loud utterance; often in protest or opposition; "the speaker was interrupted by loud cries from the rear of the audience"
	5.	bird - badminton equipment consisting of a ball of cork or rubber with a crown of feathers shuttle, shuttlecock, birdie badminton equipment - equipment for playing the game of badminton
Verb	1.	bird - watch and study birds in their natural habitat birdwatch observe - watch attentively; "Please observe the reaction of these two chemicals"

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bird

noun feathered friend, fowl, songbird >> adjective avian >> male cock >> female hen >> young chick, fledg(e)ling, nestling >> collective nouns flock, flight >> habitation nest see see, birds of prey see see, seabirds see see, types of fowl

Translations

bird [bəːd] n → ave f; pájaro;

(BRIT) (col) (girl) → chica

bird [bəːd] n → oiseau m;

(Brit) (inf) (= girl); nana f

bird [bəːd] n → uccello;

(BRIT ) (col) (= girl); bambola

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bird

n bird [bəːd]

a two-legged feathered creature, with a beak and two wings, with which most can fly Kiwis and ostriches are birds which cannot fly. voël طائِر птица pták fugl der Vogel πτηνό, πουλί ave, pájaro lind پرنده lintu oiseau צִיפּוֹר चिड़िया ptica madár burung fugl uccello 鳥 새, 조류 paukštis putns burung vogel fugl ptak pássaro pasăre птица vták ptič ptica fågel นก kuş 鳥 птах پرندہ ، پکھیرو con chim 鸟

bird's-eye view

a general view from above a bird's-eye view of the town from an aeroplane. voëlvlug, voëlperspektief مِن عَلٍ، مِن فَوْق от птичи поглед pohled z ptačí perspektivy fugleperspektiv die Vogelperspektive πανοραμική θέα vista de pájaro linnulennuline ülevaade منظرۀ هوایی lintuperspektiivi vue d'ensemble מַבָּט מִמעוֹף הַצִיפּוֹר विहगंम दृश्य ptičja perspektiva madártávlat pandangan dari atas séður úr lofti veduta dall'alto 鳥瞰図 전경, 조감도 vaizdas iš paukščio skrydžio skats no putna lidojuma dari pandangan udara vogelvluchtperspectief fugleperspektiv widok z lotu ptaka vista panorâmica privire de ansamblu вид с высоты птичьего полёта pohľad z vtáčej perspektívy pogled iz ptičje perspektive ptičja perspektiva fågelperspektiv ภาพที่มองเห็นจากมุมสูง kuş bakışı, görünüş/manzara 鳥瞰的 вид з висоти пташиного польоту toàn cảnh nhìn từ trên xuống 鸟瞰的