Definition for the word bird

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Everyone seemed concerned but there was nothing to be done because the bird was out of reach.


—New York Times, 12 Feb. 2023




While Flaco had been spotted in various parts of the city, police admitted the bird was difficult to capture and was certainly a flight risk.


—Tina Burnside, CNN, 9 Feb. 2023




The chonky bird is a byword for clumsy obsolescence.


—WIRED, 31 Jan. 2023




That seems like a lofty target, given that a bird is vastly more complicated than a molecule.


—Quanta Magazine, 11 Jan. 2023




Closer inspection showed Oram the bird was in trouble, too.


—Matt Williams, Dallas News, 6 Jan. 2023




The bird was unable to fly because of a fractured humerus bone in his wing, and a severe wound in the wing as well, the Humane Society said.


—Kerry Breen, CBS News, 13 Dec. 2022




However, Katzner confirmed the bird was one that was monitored in his study.


—Kate S. Petersen, USA TODAY, 29 Nov. 2022




One study examines the chemical isotopes in swan feathers, which provides clues to where a migrating bird has been.


—Brian Maffly, The Salt Lake Tribune, 23 Nov. 2022



After birding the par-5 15th in the first round, Thomas took a 6 on the hole on Saturday morning, and a bogey-bogey finish in a hard rain on the closing par-4s put Thomas out of the tournament.


—Mark Inabinett | Minabinett@al.com, al, 9 Apr. 2023




The state beach is an endless source of enchantment — whether surfing, birding or walking and gazing at the spectacular bluffs.


—Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 30 Mar. 2023




The report highlighted a number of activities that Wisconsinites have reported enjoying in state parks, including off-road cycling, hiking and cross-country skiing, birding or watching other wildlife; hunting and fishing, and boating, motorcycling, snowmobiling and riding ATVs.


—Laura Schulte, Journal Sentinel, 29 Mar. 2023




Beyond fishing, there’s swimming, kayaking, parasailing, golfing, dolphin spotting, and birding to enjoy.


—Anne Olivia Bauso, Travel + Leisure, 9 Mar. 2023




Visitors will be able to bird watch as well as take a mile-long hike through the sanctuary, which will open to the public this fall.


—Arkansas Online, 18 July 2022




Birders can bird all weekend or just a few hours, Andersen said.


—Susan Dunne, courant.com, 8 May 2021




On Monday, a white woman named Amy Cooper went viral for threatening the life of a Black man, Christian Cooper (no relation), who was just trying to bird watch in Central Park in peace.


—Kathleen Newman-bremang, refinery29.com, 1 June 2020




Outdoor activities like trail running, hiking, mountain biking, rock climbing, birding, fishing, kayaking, traditional golf and disc golf are perfect for social distancing.


—Josh Woods, The Conversation, 22 May 2020


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noun

any warm-blooded vertebrate of the class Aves, having a body covered with feathers, forelimbs modified into wings, scaly legs, a beak, and no teeth, and bearing young in a hard-shelled egg.

a fowl or game bird.

Slang. a person, especially one having some peculiarity: He’s a queer bird.

Informal. an aircraft, spacecraft, or guided missile.

Cooking. a thin piece of meat, poultry, or fish rolled around a stuffing and braised: veal birds.

Southern U.S. (in hunting) a bobwhite.

Chiefly British Slang. a girl or young woman.

Archaic. the young of any fowl.

the bird, Slang.

  1. disapproval, as of a performance, by hissing, booing, etc.: He got the bird when he came out on stage.
  2. scoffing or ridicule: He was trying to be serious, but we all gave him the bird.
  3. an obscene gesture of contempt made by raising the middle finger.

verb (used without object)

to catch or shoot birds.

to bird-watch.

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Idioms about bird

    a little bird, Informal. a secret source of information: A little bird told me that today is your birthday.

    bird in the hand, a thing possessed in fact as opposed to a thing about which one speculates: A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.Also bird in hand.

    birds of a feather, people with interests, opinions, or backgrounds in common: Birds of a feather flock together.

    eat like a bird, to eat sparingly: She couldn’t understand why she failed to lose weight when she was, as she said, eating like a bird.

    for the birds, Slang. useless or worthless; not to be taken seriously: Their opinions on art are for the birds. That pep rally is for the birds.

    kill two birds with one stone, to achieve two aims with a single effort: She killed two birds with one stone by shopping and visiting the museum on the same trip.

    the birds and the bees, basic information about sex and reproduction: It was time to talk to the boy about the birds and the bees.

Origin of bird

First recorded before 900; Middle English byrd, bryd, Old English brid(d) (Northumbrian dialect bird ) “young bird, chick”

OTHER WORDS FROM bird

birdless, adjective

Words nearby bird

birch beer, birchen, Bircher, birch family, birch partridge, bird, bird band, birdbath, birdbrain, bird-brained, birdcage

Other definitions for bird (2 of 2)

noun

Larry, born 1956, U.S. basketball player.

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Words related to bird

How to use bird in a sentence

  • During courtship and even while mating, the birds pull off a similar feat, mimicking the calls and wingbeat noises of many bird species at once, a new study shows.

  • The results strongly suggest that naked mole-rats learn their chirp dialects, he says — much as do people, dolphins and some birds.

  • Descended from birds, the three-eyed, feather-covered creatures lived on a frigid planet with a methane-based atmosphere and gravity 11 times stronger than that on Earth, which, according to 2951 documentation, was now a planet called “Terra.”

  • Both farms were put in isolation amid fears of the virus spreading to dogs, cats, cattle and even birds.

  • Members, who are grouped by their immediate neighborhoods, use the app to report bird sightings and alert others about missing pets.

  • It would be like if after the 40th pipe in Flappy Bird was a scarecrow.

  • While the chicken today might be the least exotic bird one can think of, it was once a gift that wowed kings.

  • Exactly when the transition to modern domestic creature took place, for a bird that is wild to this day, is controversial.

  • Mistletoes on mesquite trees in central Mexico have been linked to a greater abundance of tropical bird species.

  • He really believed that enumerating the bird population gave understanding.

  • Fourteen genera, representing about 19 species, of Mallophaga are reported for 20 different species of bird hosts.

  • The grass had a delightful fragrance, like new-mown hay, and was neatly wound around the tunnel, like the inside of a bird‘s-nest.

  • Many of his bird neighbors,p. 31 for instance, liked the same things to eat that he did.

  • Although the bird people didn’t know it, he was anxious to reach his grandchildren.

  • And then Jolly Robin would feel ashamed that he had even thought of being so cruel to an infant bird, even if he was a Cowbird.

British Dictionary definitions for bird (1 of 2)

noun

any warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrate of the class Aves, characterized by a body covering of feathers and forelimbs modified as wings. Birds vary in size between the ostrich and the humming birdRelated adjectives: avian, ornithic

informal a person (usually preceded by a qualifying adjective, as in the phrases rare bird, odd bird, clever bird)

slang, mainly British a girl or young woman, esp one’s girlfriend

slang prison or a term in prison (esp in the phrase do bird; shortened from birdlime, rhyming slang for time)

a bird in the hand something definite or certain

the bird has flown informal the person in question has fled or escaped

the birds and the bees euphemistic, or jocular sex and sexual reproduction

birds of a feather people with the same characteristics, ideas, interests, etc

get the bird informal

  1. to be fired or dismissed
  2. (esp of a public performer) to be hissed at, booed, or derided

give someone the bird informal to tell someone rudely to depart; scoff at; hiss

kill two birds with one stone to accomplish two things with one action

like a bird without resistance or difficulty

a little bird a (supposedly) unknown informanta little bird told me it was your birthday

for the birds or strictly for the birds informal deserving of disdain or contempt; not important

Derived forms of bird

birdlike, adjective

Word Origin for bird

Old English bridd, of unknown origin

British Dictionary definitions for bird (2 of 2)

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Scientific definitions for bird

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.

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Other Idioms and Phrases with bird

In addition to the idioms beginning with bird

  • bird has flown, the
  • bird in the hand
  • bird of passage
  • birds and the bees, the
  • birds of a feather (flock together)

also see:

  • catbird seat
  • early bird catches the worm
  • eat like a bird
  • for the birds
  • free as a bird
  • kill two birds with one stone
  • little bird told me
  • naked as a jaybird
  • rare bird

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  • Abenaki: sips
  • Abkhaz: аԥсаа (apsaa)
  • Abu: ungaraka
  • Adyghe: бзыу (bzəwu)
  • Afar: kimbiró f
  • Afrikaans: voël (af)
  • Ahom: 𑜃𑜤𑜀𑜫 (nuk)
  • Ainu: チㇼ (cir)
  • Aiton: please add this translation if you can
  • Alangan: punay
  • Albanian: zog (sq)
  • Aleut: sax
  • Ama: uo
  • Amharic: ወፍ (wäf)
  • Apache:
    Western Apache: diǫ’, izháshe, izháshe
  • Arabic: طَائِر‎ (ar) m (ṭāʔir), عُصْفُور‎ m (ʕuṣfūr)
    Egyptian Arabic: طير‎ m (ṭēr) (zoological), عصفورة‎ f (ʿaṣfūra)
    Hijazi Arabic: طير‎ m (ṭēr), عَصْفور‎ m (ʿaṣfūr)
    Iraqi Arabic: طير‎ (ṭīr)
    Lebanese Arabic: عصفورة‎ (ʿaṣfūre)
    Algerian Arabic: زاوش‎ (zāwəš)
    Moroccan Arabic: برطال‎ (bɘrṭāl)
  • Aragonese: paxaro m
  • Archi: ноцӏ (nocʼ)
  • Armenian: թռչուն (hy) (tʿṙčʿun), ծիտ (hy) (cit), հավք (hy) (havkʿ)
  • Aromanian: pulj m, puljiu m, pulju m
  • Assamese: চৰাই (sorai)
  • Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܛܲܝܪܵܐ‎ m (ṭayra)
  • Asturian: páxaru (ast) m, ave (ast) f
  • Avar: хӏинчӏ (ḥʳinčʼ)
  • Avestan: 𐬬𐬍𐬱‎ (vīš), 𐬨𐬆𐬭𐬆𐬖𐬀‎ (mərəγa)
  • Aymara: jamach’i
  • Azerbaijani: quş (az)
  • Bahnar: sem
  • Baluchi: مرگ‎ (murg)
  • Bashkir: ҡош (qoş)
  • Basque: txori (eu), hegazti (eu)
  • Bau Bidayuh: manuk
  • Belarusian: пту́шка (be) f (ptúška), пці́ца f (pcíca) (dated)
  • Bengali: পাখী (bn) (pakhi)
  • Bikol Central:
    Bikol Legazpi: bayong (bcl)
    Bikol Naga: gamgam (bcl)
  • Blagar: uul
  • Bodo: दाव (dao)
  • Borôro: kiogö
  • Breton: labous (br) m, evn (br) m
  • Bulgarian: пти́ца (bg) f (ptíca)
  • Burmese: ငှက် (my) (hngak)
  • Catalan: au (ca) m (taxonomic group), ocell (ca) m, aucell m, pardal (ca)
  • Cebuano: langgam
  • Central Atlas Tamazight: ⴰⴳⴹⵉⴹ m (agḍiḍ)
  • Central Melanau: manuok
  • Central Sierra Miwok: číčka-
  • Chamicuro: chisti
  • Chechen: олхазар (olxazar)
  • Chepang: वाः
  • Cherokee: ᏥᏍᏆ (chr) (tsisqua)
  • Cheyenne: vé’kése
  • Chichewa: mbalame
  • Chichonyi-Chidzihana-Chikauma: mnyama
  • Chinese:
    Cantonese: 雀仔 (zoek3 zai2), 雀 (zoek3), 鳥／鸟 (niu5)
    Dungan: чёр (či͡or), чёчёзы (či͡oči͡ozɨ) (small), финё (fini͡o), фичин (fičin)
    Hakka: 鳥子／鸟子 (tiâu-chṳ́), 鳥／鸟 (tiâu), 鳥仔／鸟仔 (tiâu-é)
    Mandarin: 鳥／鸟 (zh) (niǎo), 雀 (zh) (què)
    Min Dong: 鳥／鸟 (cēu), 鳥仔／鸟仔 (cēu-giāng)
    Min Nan: 鳥／鸟 (zh-min-nan) (chiáu / niáu), 鳥仔／鸟仔 (zh-min-nan) (chiáu-á)
    Wu: 鳥／鸟 (tiau / ‘nyau)
    Xiang: 鳥／鸟 (nyau3)
  • Chukchi: гатԓе (gatḷe)
  • Chuukese: machang
  • Chuvash: кайӑк (kajăk)
  • Cimbrian: bóoghel, vogl
  • Coptic: ϩⲁⲗⲏⲧ (halēt)
  • Cornish: edhen (kw) f
  • Corsican: aceddu (co) m
  • Cree: pileshish, peepee
  • Crimean Tatar: quş
  • Czech: pták (cs) m
  • Dalmatian: paserain m
  • Danish: fugl (da) c
  • Dargwa: арцан (arcan)
  • Darkinjung: dyipping
  • Daur: degii, deyii
  • Deori: দুৱা
  • Dhivehi: ދޫނި‎ (dv) (dūni)
  • Dolgan: көтөр
  • Drung: pvchiq
  • Dutch: vogel (nl) m
  • Dzongkha: བྱ (bya)
  • Eastern Arrernte: thipe
  • Eastern Cham: ꨌꨳꨪꩌ (chiim)
  • Eastern Mari: кайык (kajyk)
  • Egyptian: (ꜣpd)
  • Elfdalian: fugel m
  • Erzya: нармунь (narmuń)
  • Esperanto: birdo (eo), birdeto (diminutive)
  • Estonian: lind (et)
  • Even: дэги (dəgi)
  • Evenki: дэги (dəgi)
  • Ewe: xevi
  • Faroese: fuglur (fo) m
  • Fataluku: olo
  • Fijian: mahumanu (fj)
  • Finnish: lintu (fi)
  • Franco-Provençal: usél m
  • French: oiseau (fr) m, oiselle (fr) f (female, poetic), oiselet (fr) m (diminutive, literary), oisillon (fr) m (diminutive)
  • Friulian: uciel m, ucel
  • Galician: paxaro (gl) m, paxoro m, gavirro m
  • Gallo: ouézai m
  • Gamilaraay: dhigaraa
  • Ge’ez: ዖፍ (ʿof)
  • Georgian: ფრინველი (prinveli), ჩიტი (čiṭi)
  • German: Vogel (de) m, Vögelchen (de) n (diminutive), Vögelein (de) n (diminutive, chiefly poetic), Vöglein (de) n (diminutive)
    Alemannic German: Vogel m
    Central Franconian: Furrel
  • Gothic: 𐍆𐌿𐌲𐌻𐍃 m (fugls)
  • Greek: πουλί (el) n (poulí), πτηνό (el) n (ptinó)
    Ancient: ὄρνις f (órnis), ὄρνεον n (órneon), πετεινόν n (peteinón)
  • Greenlandic: timmiaq
  • Guaraní: guyra (gn)
  • Gujarati: પનખિદ (pankhid)
  • Guugu Yimidhirr: dyidyirr
  • Hadza: please add this translation if you can
  • Haitian Creole: zwazo
  • Hausa: tsuntsu (ha)
  • Hawaiian: manu
  • Hebrew: ציפור צִפּוֹר‎ (he) f (tsipór), עוֹף‎ (he) m (of)
  • Hindi: चिड़िया (hi) f (ciṛiyā), पंछी (hi) f (pañchī), पक्षी (hi) m (pakṣī), परन्दा (hi) m (parandā), पखेरू (hi) m (pakherū)
  • Hopi: tsiro
  • Hungarian: madár (hu)
  • Hunsrik: Foghel m
  • Iban: burong
  • Icelandic: fugl (is) m
  • Ido: ucelo (io)
  • Igbo: nnụnụ (ig)
  • Indonesian: burung (id)
    Acehnese: cicém
    Buginese: dongi
  • Ingrian: lintu
  • Ingush: оалхазар (oalxazar)
  • Interlingua: ave (ia)
  • Inuktitut: ᑎᖕᒥᐊᖅ (tingmiaq)
  • Iranun: papanuk
  • Irish: éan (ga) m
    Old Irish: én m
  • Istriot: uzai m pl
  • Italian: uccello (it) m, pennuto (it) m, volatile (it) m
  • Iu Mien: norqc
  • Ivatan: manomanok
  • Japanese: 鳥 (ja) (とり, tori), 鳥類 (ja) (ちょうるい, chōrui) (taxonomic group)
  • Jarai: čĭm
  • Jarawa: noha
  • Javanese: manuk (jv)
    Kaili: tonji
    Minangkabau: buruang (min)
  • Kabuverdianu: avi, ave
  • Kabyle: agḍiḍ m, afrux m
  • Kannada: ಹಕ್ಕಿ (kn) (hakki), ಪಕ್ಷಿ (kn) (pakṣi)
  • Karachay-Balkar: чыпчыкъ (çıpçıq)
  • Kashubian: ptôch m
  • Kashmiri: جاناوار‎ (jānāvār)
  • Kazakh: құс (kk) (qūs)
  • Ket: кеӈассель
  • Khasi: sim
  • Khmer: បក្សី (km) (baksəy)
  • Khoekhoe: anis
  • Kimaragang: tombolog
  • Koch: তাউ (tau)
  • Koho: sim
  • Kokborok: tok
  • Komi-Zyrian: лэбач (lebać)
  • Kongo: nuni, ndeke
  • Korean: 새 (ko) (sae)
  • Kriol: bed
  • Kurdish:
    Central Kurdish: باڵندە‎ (ckb) (ballinde), تەیر‎ (teyr)
    Northern Kurdish: firrinde (ku), balinde (ku), çivîk (ku), çûçik (ku), teyr (ku), tilûr (ku), terewîl (ku)
  • Kyrgyz: куш (ky) (kuş)
  • Ladino: ave‎, have‎ f, pášaro‎, pážaro‎, pájaro‎, pásaro‎ m
  • Lakota: ziŋtkála
  • Lao: ນົກ (lo) (nok), ປັກສີ (pak sī), ປັກສາ (pak sā), ປັກຂີ (pak khī)
  • Latgalian: putnys
  • Latin: avis (la) f, volucer m
  • Latvian: putns (lv) m
  • Lezgi: къуш (q̄uš), нуькӏ (nüḳ)
  • Ligurian: öxéllo m
  • Lingala: ndeke
  • Lithuanian: paukštis (lt) m, paukštė f
  • Lombard: usell
  • Low German:
    Dutch Low Saxon: vogel (nds)
    German Low German: Vagel (nds) m, Vogel (nds) m, Piepmatz m (child’s language)
  • Loxicha Zapotec: please add this translation if you can
  • Luganda: ekinyonyi
  • Luxembourgish: Vugel m, Vull (lb) m
  • Lü: ᦷᦓᧅ (nok)
  • Macedonian: птица f (ptica)
  • Magahi: 𑂣𑂒𑂹𑂓𑂲 (pacchī), 𑂎𑂏 (khag), 𑂒𑂱𑂚𑂆 (ciṛaī)
  • Maguindanao: papanuk
  • Mahican: tschèchtschis
  • Maithili: चिड़ै (ciṛaɨ)
  • Makasae: olo
  • Malagasy: vorona (mg)
  • Malay: burung (ms), manuk (ms) (obsolete)
  • Malayalam: പക്ഷി (ml) (pakṣi), കിളി (ml) (kiḷi), പറവ (ml) (paṟava)
  • Maltese: għasfur m
  • Manchu: ᡤᠠᠰᡥᠠ (gasha)
  • Manx: ushag (gv) m
  • Maori: manu (mi)
  • Maranao: papanok
  • Marathi: पक्षी (mr) (pakṣī)
  • Mari:
    Western Mari: кек (kek)
  • Maricopa: chyer
  • Mbyá Guaraní: guyra
  • Mi’kmaq: jipji’j anim, sisip anim
  • Middle Dutch: vogele
  • Middle English: fowel
  • Mirandese: páixaro m, abe f
  • Moksha: нармонь (narmoń)
  • Mon: please add this translation if you can
  • Mongolian: шувуу (mn) (šuvuu)
  • Montagnais: pineshish
  • Mori Bawah: manu
  • Muong: chim
  • Mwani: nyuni
  • Mòcheno: vougl m
  • Nahuatl:
    Central: tototl
    Central Huasteca: tototl
    Classical: tototl
    Highland Puebla: totot
    Western Huasteca: tototl
  • Nanai: гаса
  • Nanticoke: piss-seeques
  • Navajo: tsídii
  • Neapolitan: auciello m
  • Negidal: дэғӣ (dəɣī)
  • Nepali: चरा (carā)
  • Newar: झंगः (jhaṃga:)
  • Nganasan: тәибәә (terdee), täibää
  • Ngazidja Comorian: nuni class 9/10, nyunyi class 9/10
  • Ngunawal: budyan pl
  • Nivkh: пыйӈа (pəjŋa)
  • Nkonya: obubwi
  • Nogai: кус (kus)
  • Norman: mouissaon m (Guernsey), ouaîsé m (Jersey)
  • North Frisian:
    Föhr-Amrum: fögel m
    Mooring: föögel m
  • Northern Sami: loddi
  • Northern Thai: ᨶᩫ᩠ᨠ (nok)
  • Norwegian:
    Bokmål: fugl (no) m
    Nynorsk: fugl (nn) m
  • Nuer: dit
  • Nupe: elú
  • Occitan: aucèl (oc) m (Lengadocian), aucèu (oc) m (Auvernhàs, Lemosin, Provençau), ausèth (oc) m (Gascon)
  • Ojibwe: bineshiinh
  • Okinawan: 鳥 (とぅい, tui)
  • Old Church Slavonic:
    Cyrillic: пътица f (pŭtica)
  • Old Dutch: fogal m, vogal m
  • Old East Slavic: пътица f (pŭtica), птахъ m (ptaxŭ), птакъ m (ptakŭ), пътичь f (pŭtičĭ)
  • Old English: fugol m
  • Old French: oisel m
  • Old Javanese: manuk
  • Old Kannada: ಪಕ್ಕಿ (pakki)
  • Old Norse: fogl m, fugl m
  • Old Prussian: pippelis
  • Old Turkic: 𐰴𐰆𐰽‎ (qus¹ /quš/)
  • Oriya: ପକ୍ଷୀ (or) (pôkṣi), ଚଢ଼େଇ (or) (côṛhei)
  • Oromo: shimbiro (om)
  • Ossetian: маргъ (marǧ)
  • Ottoman Turkish: قوش‎ (kuş)
  • Pali: sakuṇa m, pakkhī m, vihaga m
  • Pashto: مرغه‎ f (marǧá)
  • Pennsylvania German: Voggel
  • Penobscot: sips
  • Persian: پرنده‎ (fa) (parande), مرغ‎ (fa) (morğ)
  • Piedmontese: osel m
  • Pipil: tutut
  • Pitjantjatjara: tjuḻpu
  • Plautdietsch: Voagel (nds) n
  • Polish: ptak (pl) m anim
  • Portuguese: pássaro (pt) m, ave (pt) f
  • Potawatomi: pnéshi
  • Powhatan: tshehip
  • Punjabi: ਪੰਖੀ (paṅkhī), ਪੰਛੀ m (pañchī)
  • Quechua: pisqu, pisgo
  • Rabha: ত (tó)
  • Rajasthani: please add this translation if you can
  • Rakhine: please add this translation if you can
  • Rapa Nui: manu
  • Rohingya: faik
  • Romagnol: ușël m
  • Romani: ćiriklo m, ćirikli f
  • Romanian: pasăre (ro) f
  • Romansch: utschè m (Rumantsch Grischun, Puter, Vallader), utschi m (Sursilvan, Sutsilvan), utschel m (Surmiran)
  • Russian: пти́ца (ru) f (ptíca), пта́шка (ru) f (ptáška), пта́х (ru) m (ptáx) (obsolete), пта́ха (ru) f (ptáxa) (colloquial), по́тка (ru) f (pótka) (dialectal)
  • Rusyn: птах m (ptax)
  • Rwanda-Rundi: inyoni class 9/10, iki-guruka
  • S’gaw Karen: ထိၣ် (hṭoh̀)
  • Saek: น็อก
  • Samoan: manu
  • Sangisari: مرغ (merq)
  • Sango: ndeke (sg)
  • Sanskrit: वि (sa) m (vi), पक्षिन् (sa) m (pakṣin)
  • Santali: ᱪᱮᱬᱮ (ceṇe)
  • Sardinian: pigioni, pilloni, pizone
  • Scots: bird
  • Scottish Gaelic: eun (gd) m
  • Sebop: juwit
  • Semai: cep
  • Serbo-Croatian:
    Cyrillic: пти̏ца f
    Roman: ptȉca (sh) f
  • Shan: ၼူၵ်ႉ (shn) (nṵ̂uk)
  • Shoshone: huchu
  • Sichuan Yi: please add this translation if you can
  • Sicilian: aceddu (scn) m
  • Sidamo: ceʼa
  • Sikkimese: please add this translation if you can
  • Sindhi: پَکِي‎
  • Sinhalese: පක්ෂියා (si) (pakṣiyā), කුරුල්‍ලා m (kurullā)
  • Slovak: vták (sk) m
  • Slovene: ptič (sl) m, ptica (sl) f
  • Somali: shimbir (so)
  • Sorbian:
    Lower Sorbian: ptašk m
    Upper Sorbian: ptačk m
  • Sotho: nonyana (st)
  • Spanish: pájaro (es) m, ave (es) f
  • Sumerian: 𒄷 (/mušen/)
  • Sundanese: manuk (su)
  • Svan: მეპო̈̄რ (meṗȫr), მეპვე̄რ (meṗvēr)
  • Swahili: ndege (sw) class 9/10
  • Swedish: fågel (sv) c
  • Sylheti: ꠙꠣꠈꠤ (fakí)
  • Tabasaran: гъуш (ġuš)
  • Tagalog: ibon (tl)
  • Tahitian: manu
  • Tai Dam: ꪶꪙꪀ
  • Tai Nüa: please add this translation if you can
  • Tajik: парранда (tg) (parranda)
  • Tajio: mamanuk
  • Talysh:
    Asalemi: پرنده‎ (paranda)
  • Tamil: பறவை (ta) (paṟavai)
  • Taos: cìwyu’úna
  • Tatar: кош (tt) (qoş)
  • Tausug: manuk-manuk
  • Telugu: పక్షి (te) (pakṣi), విహంగము (te) (vihaṅgamu), పిట్ట (te) (piṭṭa)
  • Ternate: namo
  • Tetum: manu, manu-fuik
  • Thai: นก (th) (nók), ปักษา (th) (bpàk-sǎa)
  • Tibetan: བྱ (bya)
  • Tigrinya: ዑፍ (ti) (ʿuf), ጭሩ (ti) (č̣əru)
  • Timugon Murut: susuit
  • Tiwa: tu
  • Tok Pisin: pisin (tpi)
  • Tokelauan: manu
  • Tongan: manupuna
  • Tswana: nonyane
  • Tulu: ಪಕ್ಕಿ (pakki)
  • Tundra Nenets: тиртя (tirtya)
  • Tupinambá: gûyrá
  • Turkish: kuş (tr)
  • Turkmen: guş (tk)
  • Tuvan: куш (kuş)
  • Tzotzil: mut
  • Udi: къуш (q̇uš)
  • Udmurt: папа (papa)
  • Ugaritic: 𐎓𐎕𐎗 (ʿṣr), 𐎕𐎔𐎗 (ṣpr)
  • Ukrainian: птах (uk) m (ptax), пти́ця f (ptýcja) (used as food)
  • Urdu: چڑیا‎ f (ciṛiyā), پنچھی‎ f (pan̄chī), پکشی‎ m (pakṣī), پرندہ‎ m (parandā), پکھیرو‎ m (pakhērū)
  • Uyghur: قۇش‎ (ug) (qush)
  • Uzbek: qush (uz)
  • Venetian: oseo m
  • Vietnamese: chim (vi)
  • Vilamovian: fȫguł m
  • Volapük: böd (vo)
  • Votic: lintu
  • Võro: tsirk
  • Walloon: oujhea (wa), moxhon (wa) m
  • Wardaman: jigjig
  • Welsh: aderyn (cy) m, adar (cy) m pl, edn f, ednod f pl
  • West Coast Bajau: memanuk, manuk-manuk
  • West Frisian: fûgel (fy)
  • Western Panjabi: پنچھی‎ (pnb) m (pnchhī), پرندہ‎ (parindā)
  • White Hmong: noog
  • Wolof: picc (wo)
  • Xhosa: intaka
  • Yakan: please add this translation if you can
  • Yakkha: न्‍वाक
  • Yakut: көтөрдөр (kötördör), чыычаах (cııcaaq), көтөр (kötör)
  • Yiddish: פֿויגל‎ m (foygl)
  • Yidgha: طوطی‎
  • Yoruba: ẹyẹ
  • Yucatec Maya: ch’íich’, chʼiichʼ
  • Yup’ik: yaqulek
  • Zazaki: perrende, mıriçık
  • Zealandic: veugel m
  • Zhuang: roeg
  • Zulu: inyoni (zu) class 9/10
  • Zuni: wotsana
  • ǃKung: tsaba
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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 lithographica, archaeopteryx, 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

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

twitterer

a bird that twitters

fighting cock, gamecock

a cock bred and trained for fighting

night raven

any bird that cries at night

Struthio camelus, ostrich

fast-running African flightless bird with two-toed feet; largest living bird

cassowary

large black flightless bird of Australia and New Guinea having a horny head crest

Dromaius novaehollandiae, Emu novaehollandiae, emu

large Australian flightless bird similar to the ostrich but smaller

apteryx, kiwi

nocturnal flightless bird of New Zealand having a long neck and stout legs; only surviving representative of the order Apterygiformes

Rhea americana, rhea

larger of two tall fast-running flightless birds similar to ostriches but three-toed; found from Brazil to Patagonia

Pterocnemia pennata, nandu, rhea

smaller of two tall fast-running flightless birds similar to ostriches but three-toed; found from Peru to Strait of Magellan

aepyornis, elephant bird

huge (to 9 ft.) extinct flightless bird of Madagascar

moa

extinct flightless bird of New Zealand

oscine, oscine bird

passerine bird having specialized vocal apparatus

sparrow, true sparrow

any of several small dull-colored singing birds feeding on seeds or insects

lyrebird

Australian bird that resembles a pheasant; the courting male displays long tail feathers in a lyre shape

scrub bird, scrub-bird, scrubbird

small fast-running Australian bird resembling a wren and frequenting brush or scrub

broadbill

small birds of the Old World tropics having bright plumage and short wide bills

tyrannid

a passerine bird of the suborder Tyranni

jenny wren, wren

any of several small active brown birds of the northern hemisphere with short upright tails; they feed on insects

Accipitriformes, order Accipitriformes

in some classifications an alternative name for the Falconiformes

hawk

diurnal bird of prey typically having short rounded wings and a long tail

bird of Jove, eagle

any of various large keen-sighted diurnal birds of prey noted for their broad wings and strong soaring flight

vulture

any of various large diurnal birds of prey having naked heads and weak claws and feeding chiefly on carrion

Sagittarius serpentarius, secretary bird

large long-legged African bird of prey that feeds on reptiles

bird of Minerva, bird of night, hooter, owl

nocturnal bird of prey with hawk-like beak and claws and large head with front-facing eyes

domestic fowl, fowl, poultry

a domesticated gallinaceous bird thought to be descended from the red jungle fowl

gallina, jungle fowl

small Asiatic wild bird; believed to be ancestral to domestic fowl

Agriocharis ocellata, ocellated turkey

wild turkey of Central America and northern South America

guan

any of several large turkey-like game birds of the family Cracidae; native to jungles of tropical America; resembling the curassows and valued as food

curassow

large crested arboreal game bird of warm parts of the Americas having long legs and tails; highly esteemed as game and food

chachalaca

slender arboreal guan resembling a wild turkey; native to Central America and Mexico; highly regarded as game birds

megapode, mound bird, mound builder, mound-bird, scrub fowl

large-footed short-winged birds of Australasia; build mounds of decaying vegetation to incubate eggs

Opisthocomus hoazin, hoactzin, hoatzin, stinkbird

crested ill-smelling South American bird whose young have claws on the first and second digits of the wings

columbiform bird

a cosmopolitan order of land birds having small heads and short legs with four unwebbed toes

popinjay

an archaic term for a parrot

poll, poll parrot

a tame parrot

African gray, African grey, Psittacus erithacus

commonly domesticated grey parrot with red-and-black tail and white face; native to equatorial Africa

amazon

mainly green tropical American parrots

macaw

long-tailed brilliantly colored parrot of Central America and South America; among the largest and showiest of parrots

Nestor notabilis, kea

large brownish-green New Zealand parrot

cockatoo

white or light-colored crested parrot of the Australian region; often kept as cage birds

Nymphicus hollandicus, cockateel, cockatiel, cockatoo parrot

small grey Australian parrot with a yellow crested head

lovebird

small African parrot noted for showing affection for their mates

lory

small brightly colored Australasian parrots having a brush-tipped tongue for feeding on nectar and soft fruits

parakeet, paraquet, paroquet, parrakeet, parroket, parroquet

any of numerous small slender long-tailed parrots

cuckoo

any of numerous European and North American birds having pointed wings and a long tail

touraco, turaco, turacou, turakoo

large brightly crested bird of Africa

roller

Old World bird that tumbles or rolls in flight; related to kingfishers

kingfisher

nonpasserine large-headed bird with a short tail and long sharp bill; usually crested and bright-colored; feed mostly on fish

bee eater

colorful chiefly tropical Old World bird having a strong graceful flight; feeds on especially bees

hornbill

bird of tropical Africa and Asia having a very large bill surmounted by a bony protuberance; related to kingfishers

hoopoe, hoopoo

any of several crested Old World birds with a slender downward-curved bill

wood hoopoe

tropical African bird having metallic blackish plumage but no crest

momot, motmot

tropical American bird resembling a blue jay and having greenish and bluish plumage

tody

tiny insectivorous West Indian bird having red-and-green plumage and a long straight bill

swift

a small bird that resembles a swallow and is noted for its rapid flight

crested swift, tree swift

birds of southeast Asia and East Indies differing from true swifts in having upright crests and nesting in trees

hummingbird

tiny American bird having brilliant iridescent plumage and long slender bills; wings are specialized for vibrating flight

caprimulgid, goatsucker, nightjar

mainly crepuscular or nocturnal nonpasserine birds with mottled greyish-brown plumage and large eyes; feed on insects

frogmouth

insectivorous bird of Australia and southeastern Asia having a wide frog-like mouth

Steatornis caripensis, guacharo, oilbird

nocturnal fruit-eating bird of South America that has fatty young yielding an oil that is used instead of butter

pecker, peckerwood, woodpecker

bird with strong claws and a stiff tail adapted for climbing and a hard chisel-like bill for boring into wood for insects

barbet

small brightly colored stout-billed tropical bird having short weak wings

puffbird

brownish tropical American bird having a large head with fluffed out feathers

honey guide

small bird of tropical Africa and Asia; feeds on beeswax and honey and larvae

jacamar

tropical American insectivorous bird having a long sharp bill and iridescent green or bronze plumage

toucan

brilliantly colored arboreal fruit-eating bird of tropical America having a very large thin-walled beak

quetzal, quetzal bird

large trogon of Central America and South America having golden-green and scarlet plumage

water bird, waterbird, waterfowl

freshwater aquatic bird

swan

stately heavy-bodied aquatic bird with very long neck and usually white plumage as adult

wader, wading bird

any of many long-legged birds that wade in water in search of food

gallinule, marsh hen, swamphen, water hen

any of various small aquatic birds of the genus Gallinula distinguished from rails by a frontal shield and a resemblance to domestic hens

sea bird, seabird, seafowl

a bird that frequents coastal waters and the open ocean: gulls; pelicans; gannets; cormorants; albatrosses; petrels; etc.

game bird

any bird (as grouse or pheasant) that is hunted for sport

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Britannica Dictionary definition of BIRD

[count]

3 

British, informal + sometimes offensive

:


girl

  • We met some smashing birds at the pub last night.

a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush

◊ The expression a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush means that it is better to hold onto something you have than to risk losing it by trying to get something better.

(as) free as a bird


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birds of a feather flock together


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:

worthless or ridiculous

  • This town is for the birds.

give (someone) the bird

informal

1 

US

or

flip (someone) the bird

:

to make an offensive gesture at someone by pointing the middle finger upward while keeping the other fingers folded down

  • He flipped them the bird. [=gave them the finger]

2 

British

:

to loudly shout at, laugh at, or boo someone (such as a performer) in order to show disapproval

  • The audience gave him the bird.

kill two birds with one stone


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see 1kill

the birds and the bees

informal + humorous

:

the facts about sex that are told to children

  • He dreaded having to explain about the birds and the bees [=the facts of life] to his son.

the early bird catches/gets the worm


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see 2early

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