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bird

n.

Any warm-blooded vertebrate with feathers and wings
fowl, feathered creature, Avis (Latin), songbird, passerine bird, oscine bird, bird of prey, raptor, shorebird, seabird, wader, wading bird, waterfowl, ratite, cageling, chick, nestling, fledgling, birdie*. see also hawk, owl, sparrow, thrush, woodpecker.
Common birds include: sparrow, starling, robin, bluejay, crow, hawk, meadowlark, cowbird, hummingbird, finch, quail, partridge, pheasant, owl, vulture, buzzard, turkey buzzard, woodpecker, cardinal, oriole, bluebird, kingfisher, canary, parrot, chickadee, swallow, skylark, nightingale, nuthatch, whippoorwill, flycatcher, thrush, catbird, cuckoo, bobolink, titmouse, wren, gull, sandpiper, eagle, falcon, albatross, cormorant, osprey, cedarbird, ovenbird, blackbird, dove, duck, swan, goose, pigeon, brambling, bullfinch, parakeet or parrakeet, chat, creeper, crane, shitepoke, heron, pelican, loon, tern, goshawk, goatsucker, mockingbird, ostrich, emu, kestrel, petrel, auk;
A game bird
wildfowl, game, partridge, quail, woodcock, grouse; see also duck, goose 1, pheasant.
*A person; a mildly derogatory term
person, fellow, guy*, coot*, duck*, duffer*.

eat like a bird

diet, starve, restrain one's appetite, pick; see fast.

for the birds

ridiculous, absurd, useless; see absurd, stupid 1, useless 1, worthless 1.

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