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Deutsche Galgenvogel Synonyme

Englische gallows bird Synonyme

gallows  ax  beheading  block  burning  capital punishment  cross  crucifixion  death chair  death chamber  decapitation  decollation  defenestration  drop  electric chair  electrocution  execution  fusillade  gallows-tree  garrote  gas chamber  gassing  gibbet  guillotine  halter  hanging  hemlock  hemp  hempen collar  hot seat  judicial murder  lapidation  lethal chamber  maiden  necktie party  noose  poisoning  rope  scaffold  shooting  stake  stoning  strangling  strangulation  the ax  the block  the chair  the gallows  the gas chamber  the guillotine  the hot seat  the rope  tree  

Galgenvogel Definition

Ant bird
() See Ant bird, under Ant, n.
Baltimore bird
() Alt. of Baltimore oriole
Bird
(n.) Orig., a chicken
Bird
(n.) A warm-blooded, feathered vertebrate provided with wings. See Aves.
Bird
(n.) Specifically, among sportsmen, a game bird.
Bird
(n.) Fig.: A girl
Bird
(v. i.) To catch or shoot birds.
Bird
(v. i.) Hence: To seek for game or plunder
Bird cage
(n.) Alt. of Birdcage
Bird cherry
() A shrub (Prunus Padus ) found in Northern and Central Europe. It bears small black cherries.
Bird-eyed
(a.) Quick-sighted
Bird fancier
() One who takes pleasure in rearing or collecting rare or curious birds.
Bird fancier
() One who has for sale the various kinds of birds which are kept in cages.
Bird of paradise
() The name of several very beautiful birds of the genus Paradisea and allied genera, inhabiting New Guinea and the adjacent islands. The males have brilliant colors, elegant plumes, and often remarkable tail feathers.
Bird pepper
() A species of capsicum (Capsicum baccatum), whose small, conical, coral-red fruit is among the most piquant of all red peppers.
Bird's-beak
(n.) A molding whose section is thought to resemble a beak.
Bird's-eye
(a.) Seen from above, as if by a flying bird
Bird's-eye
(a.) Marked with spots resembling bird's eyes
Bird's-eye
(n.) A plant with a small bright flower, as the Adonis or pheasant's eye, the mealy primrose (Primula farinosa), and species of Veronica, Geranium, etc.
Bird's-eye maple
() See under Maple.
Bird's-foot
(n.) A papilionaceous plant, the Ornithopus, having a curved, cylindrical pod tipped with a short, clawlike point.
Bird's-mouth
(n.) An interior angle or notch cut across a piece of timber, for the reception of the edge of another, as that in a rafter to be laid on a plate
Bird's nest
(n.) Alt. of Bird's-nest
Bird's-nest
(n.) The nest in which a bird lays eggs and hatches her young.
Bird's-nest
(n.) The nest of a small swallow (Collocalia nidifica and several allied species), of China and the neighboring countries, which is mixed with soups.
Bird's-nest
(n.) An orchideous plant with matted roots, of the genus Neottia (N. nidus-avis.)
Bird's-nesting
(n.) Hunting for, or taking, birds' nests or their contents.
Bird's-tongue
(n.) The knotgrass (Polygonum aviculare).
Bird-witted
(a.) Flighty
Bower bird
() An Australian bird (Ptilonorhynchus violaceus / holosericeus), allied to the starling, which constructs singular bowers or playhouses of twigs and decorates them with bright-colored objects
Canary bird
() A small singing bird of the Finch family (Serinus Canarius), a native of the Canary Islands. It was brought to Europe in the 16th century, and made a household pet. It generally has a yellowish body with the wings and tail greenish, but in its wild state it is more frequently of gray or brown color. It is sometimes called canary finch.
Chipping bird
() The chippy.
Devil bird
(n.) A small water bird. See Dabchick.
Egg-bird
(n.) A species of tern, esp. the sooty tern (Sterna fuliginosa) of the West Indies. In the Bahama Islands the name is applied to the tropic bird, Phaethon flavirostris.
Galley-bird
(n.) The European green woodpecker
Gallows
(pl. ) of Gallows
Gallows
(n. sing.) A frame from which is suspended the rope with which criminals are executed by hanging, usually consisting of two upright posts and a crossbeam on the top
Gallows
(n. sing.) A wretch who deserves the gallows.
Gallows
(n. sing.) The rest for the tympan when raised.
Gallows
(n. sing.) A pair of suspenders or braces.
Huia bird
() A New Zealand starling (Heteralocha acutirostris), remarkable for the great difference in the form and length of the bill in the two sexes, that of the male being sharp and straight, that of the female much longer and strongly curved.
Ling-bird
(n.) The European meadow pipit
Lyre bird
() Any one of two or three species of Australian birds of the genus Menura. The male is remarkable for having the sixteen tail feathers very long and, when spread, arranged in the form of a lyre. The common lyre bird (Menura superba), inhabiting New South Wales, is about the size of a grouse. Its general color is brown, with rufous color on the throat, wings, tail coverts and tail. Called also lyre pheasant and lyre-tail.
Mallee bird
() The leipoa. See Leipoa.
Mino bird
() An Asiatic bird (Gracula musica), allied to the starlings. It is black, with a white spot on the wings, and a pair of flat yellow wattles on the head. It is often tamed and taught to pronounce words.
Peabody bird
() An American sparrow (Zonotrichia albicollis) having a conspicuous white throat. The name is imitative of its note. Called also White-throated sparrow.
Qua-bird
(n.) The American night heron. See under Night.
Sea bird
() Any swimming bird frequenting the sea
Water bird
() Any aquatic bird
Weet-bird
(n.) The wryneck

gallows bird Bedeutung

bird warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings
dickeybird
dickey-bird
dickybird
dicky-bird 		small bird, adults talking to children sometimes use these words to refer to small birds
nestling
baby bird 		young bird not yet fledged
bird family a family of warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings
bird genus a genus of birds
night bird any bird associated with night: owl, nightingale, nighthawk, etc
bird of passage any bird that migrates seasonally
ratite
ratite bird
flightless bird 		flightless birds having flat breastbones lacking a keel for attachment of flight muscles: ostriches, cassowaries, emus, moas, rheas, kiwis, elephant birds
carinate
carinate bird
flying bird 		birds having keeled breastbones for attachment of flight muscles
elephant bird
aepyornis 		huge (to ft.) extinct flightless bird of Madagascar
Insessores
order Insessores
perching bird
percher 		a bird with feet adapted for perching (as on tree branches), this order is now generally abandoned by taxonomists
passerine
passeriform bird 		perching birds mostly small and living near the ground with feet having toes arranged to allow for gripping the perch, most are songbirds, hatchlings are helpless
nonpasserine bird chiefly arboreal birds especially of the order Coraciiformes
oscine
oscine bird 		passerine bird having specialized vocal apparatus
canary
canary bird 		any of several small Old World finches
indigo bunting
indigo finch
indigo bird
Passerina cyanea 		small deep blue North American bunting
whydah
whidah
widow bird 		mostly black African weaverbird
scrubbird
scrub-bird
scrub bird 		small fastunning Australian bird resembling a wren and frequenting brush or scrub
New World flycatcher
flycatcher tyrant flycatcher
tyrant bird 		large American birds that characteristically catch insects on the wing
phoebe
phoebe bird
Sayornis phoebe 		small dunolored North American flycatcher
umbrella bird
Cephalopterus ornatus 		black tropical American bird having a large overhanging crest and long feathered wattle
antbird
ant bird 		any of various dullolored South American birds that feeding on ants some following army ant swarms
sedge warbler
sedge bird
sedge wren reedbird Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 		small European warbler that breeds among reeds and wedges and winters in Africa
myrtle warbler
myrtle bird
Dendroica coronata 		similar to Audubon's warbler
bird of paradise any of numerous brilliantly colored plumed birds of the New Guinea area
Baltimore oriole
Baltimore bird
hangbird
firebird Icterus galbula galbula 		eastern subspecies of northern oriole
fig-bird greenish-yellow Australian oriole feeding chiefly on figs and other fruits
myna
mynah
mina
minah
myna bird
mynah bird 		tropical Asian starlings
corvine bird birds of the crow family
rifleman bird
Acanthisitta chloris 		small green-and-bronze bird
satin bowerbird
satin bird
Ptilonorhynchus violaceus 		of southeast Australia, male is glossy violet blue, female is light grey-green
bird of prey
raptor
raptorial bird 		any of numerous carnivorous birds that hunt and kill other animals
eagle
bird of Jove 		any of various large keen-sighted diurnal birds of prey noted for their broad wings and strong soaring flight
young bird a bird that is still young
secretary bird
Sagittarius serpentarius 		large long-legged African bird of prey that feeds on reptiles
owl
bird of Minerva
bird of night
hooter 		nocturnal bird of prey with hawk-like beak and claws and large head with front-facing eyes
theropod
theropod dinosaur
bird-footed dinosaur 		any of numerous carnivorous dinosaurs of the Triassic to Cretaceous with short forelimbs that walked or ran on strong hind legs
gallinaceous bird
gallinacean 		heavy-bodied largely ground-feeding domestic or game birds
red grouse
moorfowl
moorbird
moor-bird
moorgame
Lagopus scoticus 		reddish-brown grouse of upland moors of Great Britain
megapode
mound bird
mound-bird
mound builder
scrub fowl 		large-footed short-winged birds of Australasia, build mounds of decaying vegetation to incubate eggs
peafowl
bird of Juno 		very large terrestrial southeast Asian pheasant often raised as an ornamental bird
columbiform bird a cosmopolitan order of land birds having small heads and short legs with four unwebbed toes
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
quetzal
quetzal bird 		large trogon of Central America and South America having golden-green and scarlet plumage
aquatic bird wading and swimming and diving birds of either fresh or salt water
waterfowl
water bird
waterbird 		freshwater aquatic bird
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