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- pronunciation:
- buhrd
- parts of speech:
- noun, intransitive verb
- phrases:
- birds of a feather, kill two birds with one stone
- features:
- Word Combinations (noun), Word Explorer
| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition 1: |
a warm-blooded, egg-laying vertebrate animal with wings and feathers, which usu. has the ability to fly.
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| definition 2: |
(informal) an odd person.
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| definition 3: |
(slang) a contemptuous noise made with the mouth; raspberry.
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| related words: |
cardinal, jeer |
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| phrase: |
birds of a feather, kill two birds with one stone |
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| part of speech: |
intransitive verb |
| inflections: |
birds, birding, birded |
| definition 1: |
to view birds in their natural surroundings.
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| definition 2: |
to hunt or catch birds.
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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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