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bird
- pronunciation:
- buhrd
- features:
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noun |
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an animal with two wings, two feet, and feathers. Most birds can fly.
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| derivation: |
birdlike (adj.) |
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broader categories that include birds |
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animal, vertebrate |
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characteristics of some birds |
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feathered, warm-blooded, web-footed, winged |
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group of birds |
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flock |
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parts of some birds |
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beak, bill, comb, crest, crop, feathers, talon, wings |
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produced by birds |
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eggs |
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some behaviors of birds |
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breed, court, feed, fly, forage, mat, migrate, mob, nest, peck, perch, sing |
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some categories of birds |
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fowl, game, nocturnal, songbirds, wading, water |
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some examples of bird |
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albatross, auk, blackbird, blue jay, bluebird, bobolink, buzzard, canary, cardinal, catbird, chickadee, chicken, condor, crane, crow, cuckoo, dodo, duck, eagle, emu, falcon, finch, flamingo, flicker, flycatcher, goose, grackle, grouse, gull, hawk, heron, hummingbird, jay, kingfisher, kite, kiwi, lark, loon, magpie, martin, meadowlark, mockingbird, nightingale, nuthatch, oriole, ostrich, owl, parrot, partridge, peacock, peafowl, penguin, pheasant, phoenix, pigeon, plover, puffin, quail, quetzal, raven, roadrunner, robin, sparrow, stork, swallow, swan, swift, thrush, toucan, turkey, vulture, warbler, whippoorwill, whooping crane, woodpecker, wren |
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some female birds |
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goose, hen |
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some growth processes of birds |
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hatching, incubating |
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some male birds |
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gander, peacock, rooster |
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some places for birds |
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cage, coop, habitat, nest, refuge, roost, sanctuary, tree |
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sounds of some birds |
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buzzing, cawing, chattering, chirping, clattering, crying, gobbling, honking, humming, mimicking, peeping, quacking, screeching, squawking, squeaking, trilling, twittering, whistling |
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study of birds |
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ornithology |
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things that bird eat |
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fruit, grain, insects, seeds, worms |
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used for measuring birds |
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wingspan, wingspread |
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young of some birds |
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brood, chick, duckling, gosling |
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