Definition of bird

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Bird (n.) Orig., a chicken; the young of a fowl; a young eaglet; a nestling; and hence, a feathered flying animal (see 2)..

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Galley-bird :: Galley-bird (n.) The European green woodpecker; also, the spotted woodpecker..
Burgomaster :: Burgomaster (n.) An aquatic bird, the glaucous gull (Larus glaucus), common in arctic regions..
Vertebrated :: Vertebrated (a.) Having a backbone, or vertebral column, containing the spinal marrow, as man, quadrupeds, birds, amphibia, and fishes..
Murre :: Murre (n.) Any one of several species of sea birds of the genus Uria, or Catarractes; a guillemot..
Cultirostres :: Cultirostres (n. pl.) A tribe of wading birds including the stork, heron, crane, etc..
Nidulate :: Nidulate (v. i.) To make a nest, as a bird..
Saururae :: Saururae (n. pl.) An extinct order of birds having a long vertebrated tail with quills along each side of it. Archaeopteryx is the type. See Archaeopteryx, and Odontornithes..
Ant Bird :: Ant bird () See Ant bird, under Ant, n..
Juke :: Juke (n.) The neck of a bird.
Drome :: Drome (n.) The crab plover (Dromas ardeola), a peculiar North African bird, allied to the oyster catcher..
Gallinae :: Gallinae (n.) An order of birds, including the common domestic fowls, pheasants, grouse, quails, and allied forms; -- sometimes called Rasores..
Rhea :: Rhea (n.) Any one of three species of large South American ostrichlike birds of the genera Rhea and Pterocnemia. Called also the American ostrich.
Scutelliplantar :: Scutelliplantar (a.) Having broad scutella on the front, and small scales on the posterior side, of the tarsus; -- said of certain birds..
Cirrous :: Cirrous (a.) Tufted; -- said of certain feathers of birds.
Scratcher :: Scratcher (n.) One who, or that which, scratches; specifically (Zool.), any rasorial bird..
Rookery :: Rookery (n.) A breeding place of other gregarious birds, as of herons, penguins, etc..
Pavo :: Pavo (n.) A genus of birds, including the peacocks..
Urine :: Urine (n.) In mammals, a fluid excretion from the kidneys; in birds and reptiles, a solid or semisolid excretion..
Avernian :: Avernian (a.) Of or pertaining to Avernus, a lake of Campania, in Italy, famous for its poisonous vapors, which ancient writers fancied were so malignant as to kill birds flying over it. It was represented by the poets to be connected with the infernal regions..
Gymnorhinal :: Gymnorhinal (a.) Having unfeathered nostrils, as certain birds..
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