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 |
Black (a.) Destitute of light, or incapable of reflecting it |
Black (a.) In a less literal sense: Enveloped or shrouded in darkness |
Black (a.) Fig.: Dismal, gloomy, or forbidding, like darkness |
Black (a.) Expressing menace, or discontent |
Black (adv.) Sullenly |
Black (n.) That which is destitute of light or whiteness |
Black (n.) A black pigment or dye. |
Black (n.) A negro |
Black (n.) A black garment or dress |
Black (n.) Mourning garments of a black color |
Black (n.) The part of a thing which is distinguished from the rest by being black. |
Black (n.) A stain |
Black (a.) To make black |
Black (a.) To make black and shining, as boots or a stove, by applying blacking and then polishing with a brush. |
Black art () The art practiced by conjurers and witches |
Black-a-vised (a.) Dark-visaged |
Black bass () An edible, fresh-water fish of the United States, of the genus Micropterus. the small-mouthed kind is M. dolomiei |
Black bass () The sea bass. See Blackfish, 3. |
Black book () One of several books of a political character, published at different times and for different purposes |
Black book () A book compiled in the twelfth century, containing a description of the court of exchequer of England, an official statement of the revenues of the crown, etc. |
Black book () A book containing details of the enormities practiced in the English monasteries and religious houses, compiled by order of their visitors under Henry VIII., to hasten their dissolution. |
hearts Black Maria | a form of whist in which players avoid winning tricks containing hearts or the queen of spades |
black operation | a covert operation not attributable to the organization carrying it out |
black market | an illegal market in which goods or currencies are bought and sold in violation of rationing or controls |
bladderwrack black rockweed bladder fucus tang Fucus vesiculosus | a common rockweed used in preparing kelp and as manure |
black buffalo Ictiobus niger | fish of the lower Mississippi |
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 |
black-fronted bush shrike Chlorophoneus nigrifrons | a kind of bush shrike |
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 |
black kite Milvus migrans | dark Old World kite feeding chiefly on carrion |
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 |
black vulture Aegypius monachus | of southern Eurasia and northern Africa |
secretary bird Sagittarius serpentarius | large long-legged African bird of prey that feeds on reptiles |
black vulture carrion crow Coragyps atratus | American vulture smaller than the turkey buzzard |
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 |
ringneck snake ring-necked snake ring snake | any of numerous small nonvenomous North American snakes with a yellow or orange ring around the neck |
blacksnake black racer Coluber constrictor | blackish racer of the eastern United States that grows to six feet |
black rat snake blacksnake pilot blacksnake mountain blacksnake Elaphe obsoleta | large harmless shiny black North American snake |
black-headed snake | small secretive ground-living snake, found from central United States to Argentina |