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bird
noun
1 bird
Warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings.
Dutch: vogel, vogeltje
Polish: ptak
2 bird
The flesh of a bird or fowl (wild or domestic) used as food.
synonym: fowl.
Roget 366:
animal,
animal kingdom;
fauna;
brute creation.
beast,
brute,
creature,
critter [U.S.];
wight,
created being;
creeping thing,
living thing;
dumb animal,
dumb creature;
zoophyte.
[major divisions of animals]
mammal,
bird,
reptile,
amphibian,
fish,
crustacean,
shellfish,
mollusk,
worm,
insect,
arthropod,
microbe.
[microscopic animals]
microbe,
animalcule
etc.
193.
[reptiles]
alligator,
crocodile;
saurian;
dinosaur
(extinct);
snake,
serpent,
viper,
eft;
asp,
aspick†.
[amphibians]
frog,
toad.
[fishes]
trout,
bass,
tuna,
muskelunge,
sailfish,
sardine,
mackerel.
[insects]
ant,
mosquito,
bee,
honeybee.
[arthropods]
tardigrade,
spider.
[classification by number of feet]
biped,
quadruped;
[web-footed animal]
webfoot.
flocks and herds,
live stock;
domestic animals,
wild animals;
game,
ferae naturae [Lat.];
beasts of the field,
fowls of the air,
denizens of the sea;
black game,
black grouse;
blackcock†,
duck,
grouse,
plover,
rail,
snipe.
[domesticated mammals]
horse
etc.
(beast of burden)
271;
cattle,
kine†,
ox;
bull,
bullock;
cow,
milch cow,
calf,
heifer,
shorthorn;
sheep;
lamb,
lambkin†;
ewe,
ram,
tup;
pig,
swine,
boar,
hog,
sow;
steer,
stot†;
tag,
teg†;
bison,
buffalo,
yak,
zebu,
dog,
cat.
[dogs]
dog,
hound;
pup,
puppy;
whelp,
cur,
mongrel;
house dog,
watch dog,
sheep dog,
shepherd's dog,
sporting dog,
fancy dog,
lap dog,
toy dog,
bull dog,
badger dog;
mastiff;
blood hound,
grey hound,
stag hound,
deer hound,
fox hound,
otter hound;
harrier,
beagle,
spaniel,
pointer,
setter,
retriever;
Newfoundland;
water dog,
water spaniel;
pug,
poodle;
turnspit;
terrier;
fox terrier,
Skye terrier;
Dandie Dinmont;
collie.
[cats--generally]
feline,
puss,
pussy;
grimalkin†;
gib cat,
tom cat.
[wild mammals]
fox,
Reynard,
vixen,
stag,
deer,
hart,
buck,
doe,
roe;
caribou,
coyote,
elk,
moose,
musk ox,
sambar†.
[birds]
bird;
poultry,
fowl,
cock,
hen,
chicken,
chanticleer,
partlet†,
rooster,
dunghill cock,
barn door fowl;
feathered tribes,
feathered songster;
singing bird,
dicky bird;
canary,
warbler;
finch;
aberdevine†,
cushat†,
cygnet,
ringdove†,
siskin,
swan,
wood pigeon.
[undesirable animals]
vermin,
varmint [U.S.],
pest.
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Dutch: gevogelte
3 bird
Informal terms for a (young) woman.
synonyms: chick, dame, doll, skirt, wench.
Dutch: babe, brok, griet, kanjer, meid, poes, pop, poppetje, spetter, stoeipoes, stuk ... show more
Polish: córeczka, córka, dziewczyna
4 bird
A cry or noise made to express displeasure or contempt.
synonyms: boo, Bronx cheer, hiss, hoot, raspberry, razz, razzing, snort.
Dutch: snuiven, uitjouwen, awoert, boe
Polish: wygwizdanie
5 bird
Badminton equipment consisting of a ball of cork or rubber with a crown of feathers.
synonyms: birdie, shuttle, shuttlecock.
Dutch: pluimbal, shuttle
Polish: lotka
verb
1 bird
Watch and study birds in their natural habitat.
synonym: birdwatch.
Moby thesaurus: Bronx cheer, Jane, atomic warhead, avifauna, baby bird, bastard, biddy, bird of Jove, bird of Juno, bird of Minerva, bird of night, bird of passage, bird of prey, birdie, birdlife, birdy, bitch, boo, broad, bugger, cage bird, cat, catcall, chap, character, chick, cygnet, dame, diving bird, doll, dove, duck, eagle, eaglet, feller, fellow, fish-eating bird, fledgling, flightless bird, fowl, fruit-eating bird, fulmar, game bird, guided missile, guy, hen, hiss, hoot, insect-eating bird, jasper, joker, lad, migrant, migratory bird, minx, missile, nestling, nuclear warhead, oscine bird, owl, passerine bird, payload, peacock, peafowl, peahen, perching bird, pigeon, pooh, pooh-pooh, ratite, razz, rocket, sea bird, seed-eating bird, shore bird, skirt, songbird, squab, storm petrel, stormy petrel, stud, swan, thermonuclear warhead, tomato, torpedo, wading bird, war rocket, warbler, warhead, water bird, waterfowl, wench, wildfowl ... show more.
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