Definition of bird

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Bird (n.) Orig., a chicken; the young of a fowl; a young eaglet; a nestling; and hence, a feathered flying animal (see 2)..

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Tenuirostral :: Tenuirostral (a.) Thin-billed; -- applied to birds with a slender bill, as the humming birds..
Tomium :: Tomium (n.) The cutting edge of the bill of a bird.
Bird :: Bird (v. i.) To catch or shoot birds.
Sicklebill :: Sicklebill (n.) Any one of three species of humming birds of the genus Eutoxeres, native of Central and South America. They have a long and strongly curved bill. Called also the sickle-billed hummer..
Ostrich :: Ostrich (n.) A large bird of the genus Struthio, of which Struthio camelus of Africa is the best known species. It has long and very strong legs, adapted for rapid running; only two toes; a long neck, nearly bare of feathers; and short wings incapable of flight. The adult male is about eight feet high..
Lobe :: Lobe (n.) A membranous flap on the sides of the toes of certain birds, as the coot..
Fowl :: Fowl (n.) Any domesticated bird used as food, as a hen, turkey, duck; in a more restricted sense, the common domestic cock or hen (Gallus domesticus)..
Oxpecker :: Oxpecker (n.) An African bird of the genus Buphaga; the beefeater.
Amnion :: Amnion (n.) A thin membrane surrounding the embryos of mammals, birds, and reptiles..
Down :: Down (n.) The soft under feathers of birds. They have short stems with soft rachis and bards and long threadlike barbules, without hooklets..
Tympanum :: Tympanum (n.) A chamber in the anterior part of the syrinx of birds.
Reedbird :: Reedbird (n.) The bobolink.
Cotinga :: Cotinga (n.) A bird of the family Cotingidae, including numerous bright-colored South American species; -- called also chatterers..
Cloaca :: Cloaca (n.) The common chamber into which the intestinal, urinary, and generative canals discharge in birds, reptiles, amphibians, and many fishes..
Zygodactyle :: Zygodactyle (n.) Any zygodactylous bird.
Amadavat :: Amadavat (n.) The strawberry finch, a small Indian song bird (Estrelda amandava), commonly caged and kept for fighting. The female is olive brown; the male, in summer, mostly crimson; -- called also red waxbill..
Pratincole :: Pratincole (n.) Any bird of the Old World genus Glareola, or family Glareolidae, allied to the plovers. They have long, pointed wings and a forked tail..
Syndactylic :: Syndactyle (n.) Any bird having syndactilous feet.
Warp :: Warp (v. i.) To fly with a bending or waving motion; to turn and wave, like a flock of birds or insects..
Brachypteres :: Brachypteres (n.pl.) A group of birds, including auks, divers, and penguins..
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