bird
Noun · VerbWordNet 3.0
Noun (5)
- warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings
- the flesh of a bird or fowl (wild or domestic) used as foodSynonyms: fowl
- informal terms for a (young) womanSynonyms: damedollwenchskirtchick
- a cry or noise made to express displeasure or contemptSynonyms: boohootBronx cheerhissraspberryrazzingrazzsnort
- badminton equipment consisting of a ball of cork or rubber with a crown of feathersSynonyms: shuttlecockbirdieshuttle
Verb (1)
- watch and study birds in their natural habitatSynonyms: birdwatch
Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)
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]
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]