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

dickeybird. dickey-bird. dickybird. dicky-bird - 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

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

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

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

flock - a group of birds

chirpy - (birds or insects) characterized by or tending to chirp

bird - the flesh of a bird or fowl (wild or domestic) used as food

bird - 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

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"

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

[bɜːd] n → uccello (Brit ) (fam ) (girl ) → tipa. bambola
have you put the bird in the oven? → hai messo il pollo (or il tacchino ) nel forno?
a little bird told me (hum ) → me l'ha detto l'uccellino
the early bird catches the worm (Proverb ) → chi dorme non piglia pesci
a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush (Proverb ) → meglio un uovo oggi che una gallina domani
birds of a feather flock together (Proverb ) → chi si assomiglia si piglia
to kill two birds with one stone → prendere due piccioni con una fava

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 pássaro pták der Vogel fugl πτηνό. πουλί ave, pájaro lind پرنده lintu oiseau ציפור चिड़िया ptica madár burung fugl uccello 鳥 새 paukštis putns burung vogel fugl ptak pássaro pasăre птица vták ptič ptica fågel นก kuş 鳥 птах پرندہ ، پکھیرو con chim 鸟

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 vista panorâmica pohled z ptačí perspektivy die Vogelperspektive fugleperspektiv 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 조감도 vaizdas iš paukščio skrydžio skats no putna lidojuma dari pandangan udara vogelvluchtperspectief fugleperspektiv widok z lotu ptaka هوايى منظره 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 вид з висоти пташиного польоту toàn cảnh nhìn từ trên xuống 鸟瞰

I'll make him a shroud, and he shall be buried in the garden, and I'll never have another bird. never, my Pip

Their restless activity, like unto the beating of the wings of an imprisoned bird. had given him his name.

he cried, opening the hall door, to confront a bald-headed man who stood peering at our hero with bright snapping eyes, like those of some big bird spying out the land from afar.

Misfortune seemed to settle like an evil bird on the roof of the log house, and to flap its wings there, warning human beings away.

Is he a bird. to spread his wings; or is he a fish, to swim without air

Bird. attacked Riddle's and Martin's stations, at the Forks of Licking River, with six pieces of artillery.

This natural tunefulness made Phoebe seem like a bird in a shadowy tree; or conveyed the idea that the stream of life warbled through her heart as a brook sometimes warbles through a pleasant little dell.

No, he answered, generally he's an early bird -- airley to bed and airley to rise --yes, he's the bird what catches the worm.

The light of the cheerful fire shone on the rug and carpet of a cosey parlor, and glittered on the sides of the tea-cups and well-brightened tea-pot, as Senator Bird was drawing off his boots, preparatory to inserting his feet in a pair of new handsome slippers, which his wife had been working for him while away on his senatorial tour.

By this time the sun was near setting, but quite suddenly it fell dark, something like a huge black cloud came swiftly over me, and I saw with amazement that it was a bird of extraordinary size which was hovering near.

The other bird answered, 'He will have to seek help from the Witch-maiden,[3] who will doubtless be able to put him on the right track.

The first little bird flew into the bush where Timmy and Goody Tiptoes were quietly tying up their bags, and it sang--"Who's- bin digging-up MY nuts?