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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. 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.
[Middle English, from Old English brid, young bird.]
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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]
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 scales  their feathers and 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. |
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms | Noun | 1. |  bird - warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wingscraniate, vertebrate - animals having a bony or cartilaginous skeleton with a segmented spinal column and a large brain enclosed in a skull or cranium nester - a bird that has built (or is building) a nest night bird - any bird associated with night: owl; nightingale; nighthawk; etc 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 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 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 parrot - usually brightly colored zygodactyl tropical birds with short hooked beaks and the ability to mimic sounds 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 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) uropygium - posterior part of a bird's body from which the tail feathers grow air sac - any of the membranous air-filled extensions of the lungs of birds syrinx - the vocal organ of a bird 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 foodbird - warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings 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 wing - the wing of a fowl; "he preferred the drumsticks to the wings" oyster - a small muscle on each side of the back of a 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 | | 4. |  bird - a cry or noise made to express displeasure or contemptcry, 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 | | Verb | 1. | bird - watch and study birds in their natural habitatobserve - watch attentively; "Please observe the reaction of these two chemicals" |
bird  Translationsbird [bəːd] n → ave f; pájaro; (BRIT) (col) (girl) → chica bird [bəːd] n → oiseau m; ( Brit) ( inf) (= girl); nana f
birdn 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.voëlطائِرптицаptákfuglder Vogelπτηνό, πουλίave, pájarolindپرندهlintuoiseauצִיפּוֹרचिड़ियाpticamadárburungfugluccello鳥새, 조류paukštisputnsburungvogelfuglptakpássaropasăreптицаvtákptičpticafågelนกkuş鳥птахپرندہ ، پکھیروcon chim鸟 bird's-eye viewa general view from above a bird's-eye view of the town from an aeroplane.voëlvlug, voëlperspektiefمِن عَلٍ، مِن فَوْقот птичи погледpohled z ptačí perspektivyfugleperspektivdie Vogelperspektiveπανοραμική θέαvista de pájarolinnulennuline ülevaadeمنظرۀ هواییlintuperspektiivivue d'ensembleמַבָּט מִמעוֹף הַצִיפּוֹרविहगंम दृश्यptičja perspektivamadártávlatpandangan dari atasséður úr loftiveduta dall'alto鳥瞰図전경, 조감도vaizdas iš paukščio skrydžioskats no putna lidojumadari pandangan udaravogelvluchtperspectieffugleperspektivwidok z lotu ptakavista panorâmicaprivire de ansambluвид с высоты птичьего полётаpohľad z vtáčej perspektívypogled iz ptičje perspektiveptičja perspektivafågelperspektivภาพที่มองเห็นจากมุมสูงkuş bakışı, görünüş/manzara鳥瞰的вид з висоти пташиного польотуtoàn cảnh nhìn từ trên xuống鸟瞰的
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