Dictionary entry details
• BIRD (noun)
Meaning:
Warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Hypernyms ("bird" is a kind of...):
craniate; vertebrate (animals having a bony or cartilaginous skeleton with a segmented spinal column and a large brain enclosed in a skull or cranium)
Meronyms (parts of "bird"):
syrinx (the vocal organ of a bird)
preen gland; uropygial gland (oil-secreting gland situated at the base of the tail in most birds)
air sac (any of the membranous air-filled extensions of the lungs of birds)
uropygium (posterior part of a bird's body from which the tail feathers grow)
bird's foot (the foot of a bird)
pennon; pinion (wing of a bird)
wing (a movable organ for flying (one of a pair))
feather; plumage; plume (the light horny waterproof structure forming the external covering of birds)
furcula (a forked bone formed by the fusion of the clavicles of most birds)
beak; bill; neb; nib; pecker (horny projecting mouth of a bird)
bird; fowl (the flesh of a bird or fowl (wild or domestic) used as food)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "bird"):
nonpasserine bird (chiefly arboreal birds especially of the order Coraciiformes)
passeriform bird; passerine (perching birds mostly small and living near the ground with feet having 4 toes arranged to allow for gripping the perch; most are songbirds; hatchlings are helpless)
bird of prey; raptor; raptorial bird (any of numerous carnivorous birds that hunt and kill other animals)
gallinacean; gallinaceous bird (heavy-bodied largely ground-feeding domestic or game birds)
parrot (usually brightly colored zygodactyl tropical birds with short hooked beaks and the ability to mimic sounds)
cuculiform bird (birds having zygodactyl feet (except for the touracos))
coraciiform bird (chiefly short-legged arboreal nonpasserine birds that nest in holes)
apodiform bird (nonpasserine bird having long wings and weak feet; spends much of its time in flight)
caprimulgiform bird (long-winged nonpasserine birds)
piciform bird (any of numerous nonpasserine insectivorous climbing birds usually having strong bills for boring wood)
trogon (forest bird of warm regions of the New World having brilliant lustrous plumage and long tails)
aquatic bird (wading and swimming and diving birds of either fresh or salt water)
carinate; carinate bird; flying bird (birds having keeled breastbones for attachment of flight muscles)
flightless bird; ratite; ratite bird (flightless birds having flat breastbones lacking a keel for attachment of flight muscles: ostriches; cassowaries; emus; moas; rheas; kiwis; elephant birds)
dickey-bird; dickeybird; dicky-bird; dickybird (small bird; adults talking to children sometimes use these words to refer to small birds)
cock (adult male bird)
hen (adult female bird)
nester (a bird that has built (or is building) a nest)
night bird (any bird associated with night: owl; nightingale; nighthawk; etc)
bird of passage (any bird that migrates seasonally)
protoavis (most primitive avian type known; extinct bird of the Triassic having birdlike jaw and hollow limbs and breastbone with dinosaur-like tail and hind limbs)
archaeopteryx; Archaeopteryx lithographica; archeopteryx (extinct primitive toothed bird of the Jurassic period having a long feathered tail and hollow bones; usually considered the most primitive of all birds)
Sinornis (sparrow-sized fossil bird of the Jurassic period to the Cretaceous period having a keeled breastbone and vestigial tail; found in China; considered possibly the second most primitive of all birds)
Ibero-mesornis (sparrow-sized fossil bird of the Cretaceous period having a vestigial tail; found in Spain; considered possibly the third most primitive of all birds)
archaeornis (extinct primitive toothed bird with a long feathered tail and three free clawed digits on each wing)
twitterer (a bird that twitters)
Holonyms ("bird" is a member of...):
flock (a group of birds)
Aves; class Aves (birds)
Domain member category:
chirpy ((birds or insects) characterized by or tending to chirp)
Meaning:
The flesh of a bird or fowl (wild or domestic) used as food
Classified under:
Nouns denoting foods and drinks
Synonyms:
fowl; bird
Hypernyms ("bird" is a kind of...):
meat (the flesh of animals (including fishes and birds and snails) used as food)
Meronyms (parts of "bird"):
dark meat (the flesh of the legs of fowl used as food)
parson's nose; pope's nose (the tail of a dressed fowl)
oyster (a small muscle on each side of the back of a fowl)
giblet; giblets (edible viscera of a fowl)
wing (the wing of a fowl)
second joint; thigh (the upper joint of the leg of a fowl)
drumstick (the lower joint of the leg of a fowl)
wishbone; wishing bone (the furcula of a domestic fowl)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "bird"):
poultry (flesh of chickens or turkeys or ducks or geese raised for food)
wildfowl (flesh of any of a number of wild game birds suitable for food)
Holonyms ("bird" is a part of...):
bird (warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings)
Meaning:
Informal terms for a (young) woman
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
wench; dame; chick; doll; skirt; bird
Hypernyms ("bird" is a kind of...):
fille; girl; miss; missy; young lady; young woman (a young woman)
Meaning:
A cry or noise made to express displeasure or contempt
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
razzing; razz; Bronx cheer; boo; hiss; hoot; snort; raspberry; bird
Hypernyms ("bird" is a kind of...):
call; cry; outcry; shout; vociferation; yell (a loud utterance; often in protest or opposition)
Meaning:
Badminton equipment consisting of a ball of cork or rubber with a crown of feathers
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
shuttle; shuttlecock; birdie; bird
Hypernyms ("bird" is a kind of...):
badminton equipment (equipment for playing the game of badminton)
• BIRD (verb)
Meaning:
Watch and study birds in their natural habitat
Classified under:
Verbs of fighting, athletic activities
Synonyms:
bird; birdwatch
Hypernyms (to "bird" is one way to...):
observe (watch attentively)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP
Sentence example:
In the summer they like to go out and bird
