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 |
Birdcall (n.) A sound made in imitation of the note or cry of a bird for the purpose of decoying the bird or its mate. |
Birdcall (n.) An instrument of any kind, as a whistle, used in making the sound of a birdcall. |
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 |
Call (v. t.) To command or request to come or be present |
Call (v. t.) To summon to the discharge of a particular duty |
Call (v. t.) To invite or command to meet |
Call (v. t.) To give name to |
Call (v. t.) To regard or characterize as of a certain kind |
Call (v. t.) To state, or estimate, approximately or loosely |
Call (v. t.) To show or disclose the class, character, or nationality of. |
Call (v. t.) To utter in a loud or distinct voice |
Call (v. t.) To invoke |
Call (v. t.) To rouse from sleep |
Call (v. i.) To speak in loud voice |
Call (v. i.) To make a demand, requirement, or request. |
Call (v. i.) To make a brief visit |
Call (n.) The act of calling |
Call (n.) A signal, as on a drum, bugle, trumpet, or pipe, to summon soldiers or sailors to duty. |
Call (n.) An invitation to take charge of or serve a church as its pastor. |
Call (n.) A requirement or appeal arising from the circumstances of the case |
Call (n.) A divine vocation or summons. |
close call close shave squeak squeaker narrow escape | something achieved (or escaped) by a narrow margin |
call option call | the option to buy a given stock (or stock index or commodity future) at a given price before a given date |
call | (sports) the decision made by an umpire or referee, he was ejected for protesting the call |
call fire | fire delivered on a specific target in response to a request from the supported unit |
roll call | calling out an official list of names |
mail call | a call of names of those receiving mail |
muster call | a call of the names of personnel at a military assembly |
call | a visit in an official or professional capacity, the pastor's calls on his parishioners, the salesman's call on a customer |
call | a brief social visit, senior professors' wives no longer make afternoon calls on newcomers, the characters in Henry James' novels are forever paying calls on each other, usually in the parlor of some residence |
call-back | the recall of an employee after a layoff |
service call | a trip made by a repairman to visit the location of something in need of service |
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 |