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birds

 
Noun bird has 5 senses
  1. bird - warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings
    --1 is a kind of
    vertebrate, craniate
    --1 is a member of Aves, class Aves; flock
    --1 has parts:
     beak, bill, neb, nib, pecker; furcula; feather, plume, plumage; wing; pennon, pinion; bird's foot; uropygium; air sac; uropygial gland, preen gland; syrinx; bird, fowl
    --1 has particulars:
     dickeybird, dickey-bird, dickybird, dicky-bird; cock; hen; nester; night bird; bird of passage; protoavis; archaeopteryx, archeopteryx, Archaeopteryx lithographica; Sinornis; Ibero-mesornis; archaeornis; ratite, ratite bird, flightless bird; carinate, carinate bird, flying bird; passerine, passeriform bird; nonpasserine bird; bird of prey, raptor, raptorial bird; gallinaceous bird, gallinacean; parrot; cuculiform bird; coraciiform bird; apodiform bird; caprimulgiform bird; piciform bird; trogon; aquatic bird; twitterer
    Derived form: verb bird1
  2. bird, fowl - the flesh of a bird or fowl (wild or domestic) used as food
    --2 is a kind of meat
    --2 is a part of bird
    --2 has parts:
     wishbone, wishing bone; drumstick; second joint, thigh; wing; giblet, giblets; oyster; parson's nose, pope's nose; dark meat
    --2 has particulars: poultry; wildfowl
  3. dame, doll, wench, skirt, chick, bird - informal terms for a (young) woman
    --3 is a kind of girl, miss, missy, young lady, young woman, fille
  4. boo, hoot, Bronx cheer, hiss, raspberry, razzing, snort, bird - a cry or noise made to express displeasure or contempt
    --4 is a kind of cry, outcry, call, yell, shout, vociferation
  5. shuttlecock, bird, birdie, shuttle - badminton equipment consisting of a ball of cork or rubber with a crown of feathers
    --5 is a kind of badminton equipment
Verb bird has 1 sense
  1. bird, birdwatch - watch and study birds in their natural habitat
    --1 is one way to observe
    Derived forms: noun birder1, noun bird1
    Sample sentence:
    In the summer they like to go out and bird
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