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Similar to a bird or an aspect of a bird
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dainty
delicate
petite
slight
small-boned
“He had a birdlike face with a beakish nose.”
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airborne
floating
midair
flying
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aeronautical
ethereal
lofty
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above ground
hovering
soaring
in the air
gliding
volitant
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wind-borne
elevated
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skyward
winging
overhead
windborne
suspended
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hanging
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sky-high
levitating
flapping
up above
fluttering
winged
high
stratospheric
upper
upward
flitting
running
raised
defying gravity
overhanging
avian
swooping
drifting
air
projecting
midcourse
roof
mid-flight
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What is another word for bird-like?
60 synonyms found
Pronunciation:
[ bˈɜːdlˈa͡ɪk], [ bˈɜːdlˈaɪk], [ b_ˈɜː_d_l_ˈaɪ_k]
Related words: birds, robobirds, robotic birds, bird-like robot, bird robots, bird like robots, birds with wings
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adj.
• animalistic (adjective)
- fishy,
- vertebral,
- feline,
- amphibious,
- animalistic,
- reptilian,
- wild,
- mammalian,
- canine,
- Ruminating,
- bestial.
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Other synonyms:
• Other relevant words:
- brute,
- dogtooth,
- funny,
- felid,
- groundless,
- canine tooth,
- rampantly,
- gaga,
- barbaric,
- dotty,
- angry,
- amphibian,
- furious,
- reptile,
- suspicious,
- brutish,
- cuspid,
- hazardous,
- idle,
- risky,
- violent,
- uncivilised,
- unfounded,
- mammal,
- shady,
- laniary,
- uncivilized,
- natural state,
- godforsaken,
- suspect,
- eyetooth,
- brutal,
- savage,
- unwarranted,
- barbarian,
- raving mad,
- baseless,
- canid,
- state of nature,
- untamed,
- beastly,
- wilderness,
- waste,
- eye tooth,
- fantastic,
- raging,
- crazy,
- tempestuous.
• Other relevant words (noun):
- birdlike.
How to use «Bird-like» in context?
creatures
The first thing that comes to mind when you think about «bird-like» creatures is avians. There is a reason for this: avians are perhaps the most bird-like creature on the planet. They have wings, they have beaks, they have feathers, they have feathers on their heads, and they have eyelids. But avians are not the only creatures on the planet that share some characteristics with birds.
Many other creatures, including bats, lizards, and snakes, are also quite bird-like. They have wings, they have tails, they have beaks, they have scales, and they have eyelids.
Yly’s answer of avian is probably best. However, ornithoid is another, rarer option that ends in -oid, like arachnoid and ichthyoid. Merriam-Webster defines it as follows:
resembling a bird : birdlike
Avis is the Latin word for «bird» (aves is the plural). The adjective ending -(i)an is from Latin, and usually comes after a Latin root, although not always. The suffix -oid is from Greek, and usually comes after a Greek root. The Greek root for «bird» that is most commonly used in English is ornitho-.
A side note: as far as I know, the combining form associated with avis is in fact avi-, not just av-. So I think «avioid» would be preferable to «avoid» as an adjective derived from avis and the suffix -oid.
I haven’t found any dictionaries that list avioid, but I did come across an example online:
I was wondering, how prevalent are avioids in science fiction,
especially in modern science fiction.
– Kehaar, «rec.arts.sf-lovers» Google Group
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