From WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003) [wn]:
bird
n 1: warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by
feathers and forelimbs modified as wings
2: the flesh of a bird or fowl (wild or domestic) used as food
[syn: fowl]
3: informal terms for a (young) woman [syn: dame, doll,
wench, skirt, chick]
4: a cry or noise made to express displeasure or contempt [syn:
boo, hoot, Bronx cheer, hiss, raspberry,
razzing, snort]
5: badminton equipment consisting of a ball of cork or rubber
with a crown of feathers [syn: shuttlecock, birdie,
shuttle]
v : watch and study birds in their natural habitat [syn:
birdwatch]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Bird \Bird\ (b[~e]rd), v. i.
1. To catch or shoot birds.
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2. Hence: To seek for game or plunder; to thieve. [R.] --B.
Jonson.
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3. to watch birds, especially in their natural habitats, for
enjoyment; to birdwatch.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Bird \Bird\ (b[~e]rd), n. [OE. brid, bred, bird, young bird,
bird, AS. bridd young bird. [root]92.]
1. 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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That ungentle gull, the cuckoo's bird. --Shak.
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The brydds [birds] of the aier have nestes.
--Tyndale
(Matt. viii.
20).
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2. (Zool.) A warm-blooded, feathered vertebrate provided with
wings. See Aves.
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3. Specifically, among sportsmen, a game bird.
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4. Fig.: A girl; a maiden.
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And by my word! the bonny bird
In danger shall not tarry. --Campbell.
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Arabian bird, the phenix.
Bird of Jove, the eagle.
Bird of Juno, the peacock.
Bird louse (Zool.), a wingless insect of the group
Mallophaga, of which the genera and species are very
numerous and mostly parasitic upon birds. -- Bird mite
(Zool.), a small mite (genera Dermanyssus,
Dermaleichus and allies) parasitic upon birds. The
species are numerous.
Bird of passage, a migratory bird.
Bird spider (Zool.), a very large South American spider
(Mygale avicularia). It is said sometimes to capture and
kill small birds.
Bird tick (Zool.), a dipterous insect parasitic upon birds
(genus Ornithomyia, and allies), usually winged.
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