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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (5)

1. warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings;

2. the flesh of a bird or fowl (wild or domestic) used as food;
[syn: bird, fowl]

3. informal terms for a (young) woman;
[syn: dame, doll, wench, skirt, chick, bird]

4. a cry or noise made to express displeasure or contempt;
[syn: boo, hoot, Bronx cheer, hiss, raspberry, razzing, razz, snort, bird]

5. badminton equipment consisting of a ball of cork or rubber with a crown of feathers;
[syn: shuttlecock, bird, birdie, shuttle]


VERB (1)

1. watch and study birds in their natural habitat;
[syn: bird, birdwatch]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Bird \Bird\ (b[~e]rd), v. i. 1. To catch or shoot birds. [1913 Webster] 2. Hence: To seek for game or plunder; to thieve. [R.] --B. Jonson. [1913 Webster] 3. to watch birds, especially in their natural habitats, for enjoyment; to birdwatch. [PJC]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Bird \Bird\ (b[~e]rd), n. [OE. brid, bred, bird, young bird, bird, AS. bridd young bird. [root]92.] 1. Orig., a chicken; the young of a fowl; a young eaglet; a nestling; and hence, a feathered flying animal (see 2). [1913 Webster] That ungentle gull, the cuckoo's bird. --Shak. [1913 Webster] The brydds [birds] of the aier have nestes. --Tyndale (Matt. viii. 20). [1913 Webster] 2. (Zool.) A warm-blooded, feathered vertebrate provided with wings. See Aves. [1913 Webster] 3. Specifically, among sportsmen, a game bird. [1913 Webster] 4. Fig.: A girl; a maiden. [1913 Webster] And by my word! the bonny bird In danger shall not tarry. --Campbell. [1913 Webster] Arabian bird, the phenix. Bird of Jove, the eagle. Bird of Juno, the peacock. Bird louse (Zool.), a wingless insect of the group Mallophaga, of which the genera and species are very numerous and mostly parasitic upon birds. -- Bird mite (Zool.), a small mite (genera Dermanyssus, Dermaleichus and allies) parasitic upon birds. The species are numerous. Bird of passage, a migratory bird. Bird spider (Zool.), a very large South American spider (Mygale avicularia). It is said sometimes to capture and kill small birds. Bird tick (Zool.), a dipterous insect parasitic upon birds (genus Ornithomyia, and allies), usually winged. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

bird n 1: warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings 2: the flesh of a bird or fowl (wild or domestic) used as food [syn: bird, fowl] 3: informal terms for a (young) woman [syn: dame, doll, wench, skirt, chick, bird] 4: a cry or noise made to express displeasure or contempt [syn: boo, hoot, Bronx cheer, hiss, raspberry, razzing, razz, snort, bird] 5: badminton equipment consisting of a ball of cork or rubber with a crown of feathers [syn: shuttlecock, bird, birdie, shuttle] v 1: watch and study birds in their natural habitat [syn: bird, birdwatch]