| antbird
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(noun) any of various dull-colored South American birds that feeding on ants some following army ant swarms |
Synonyms:
ant bird |
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| bellbird
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(noun) any of several tropical American birds of the genus Procnias having a bell-like call |
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| bird
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(verb) watch and study birds in their natural habitat |
Synonyms:
birdwatch |
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| (noun) warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings |
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| (noun) the flesh of a bird or fowl (wild or domestic) used as food |
Synonyms:
fowl |
| (noun) informal terms for a (young) woman |
Synonyms:
doll,
skirt,
chick,
dame,
wench |
| (noun) a cry or noise made to express displeasure or contempt |
Synonyms:
raspberry,
hiss,
razz,
razzing,
hoot,
snort,
Bronx cheer,
boo |
| (noun) badminton equipment consisting of a ball of cork or rubber with a crown of feathers |
Synonyms:
shuttle,
shuttlecock,
birdie |
| blackbird
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(noun) any bird of the family Icteridae whose male is black or predominantly black |
Synonyms:
New World blackbird |
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| (noun) common black European thrush |
Synonyms:
merl,
merle,
ousel,
ouzel,
European blackbird,
Turdus merula |
| bluebird
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(noun) fruit-eating mostly brilliant blue songbird of the East Indies |
Synonyms:
fairy bluebird |
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| (noun) blue North American songbird |
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| bowerbird
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(noun) any of various birds of the Australian region whose males build ornamented structures resembling bowers in order to attract females |
Synonyms:
catbird |
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| butcherbird
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(noun) shrikes that impale their prey on thorns |
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| (noun) large carnivorous Australian bird with the shrike-like habit of impaling prey on thorns |
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| catbird
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(noun) any of various birds of the Australian region whose males build ornamented structures resembling bowers in order to attract females |
Synonyms:
bowerbird |
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| (noun) North American songbird whose call resembles a cat's mewing |
Synonyms:
Dumetella carolinensis,
gray catbird,
grey catbird |
| cedarbird
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(noun) widely distributed over temperate North America |
Synonyms:
cedar waxwing,
Bombycilla cedrorun |
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| cowbird
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(noun) North American blackbird that follows cattle and lays eggs in other birds' nests |
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| dickeybird
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(noun) small bird; adults talking to children sometimes use these words to refer to small birds |
Synonyms:
dickey-bird,
dicky-bird,
dickybird |
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| dickybird
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(noun) small bird; adults talking to children sometimes use these words to refer to small birds |
Synonyms:
dickey-bird,
dickeybird,
dicky-bird |
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| firebird
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(noun) the male is bright red with black wings and tail |
Synonyms:
redbird,
Piranga olivacea,
scarlet tanager |
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| (noun) eastern subspecies of northern oriole |
Synonyms:
Icterus galbula galbula,
hangbird,
Baltimore bird,
Baltimore oriole |
| (noun) tropical American flycatcher found as far north as southern Texas and Arizona; adult male has bright scarlet and black plumage |
Synonyms:
Pyrocephalus rubinus mexicanus,
vermillion flycatcher |
| gaolbird
|
(noun) a criminal who has been jailed repeatedly |
Synonyms:
jail bird,
jailbird |
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| hangbird
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(noun) eastern subspecies of northern oriole |
Synonyms:
Icterus galbula galbula,
Baltimore bird,
Baltimore oriole,
firebird |
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| hummingbird
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(noun) tiny American bird having brilliant iridescent plumage and long slender bills; wings are specialized for vibrating flight |
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| jailbird
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(noun) a criminal who has been jailed repeatedly |
Synonyms:
jail bird,
gaolbird |
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| jaybird
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(noun) common jay of eastern North America; bright blue with grey breast |
Synonyms:
Cyanocitta cristata,
blue jay |
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| kingbird
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(noun) large American flycatcher |
Synonyms:
Tyrannus tyrannus |
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| ladybird
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(noun) small round bright-colored and spotted beetle that usually feeds on aphids and other insect pests |
Synonyms:
lady beetle,
ladybeetle,
ladybird beetle,
ladybug |
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| lovebird
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(noun) small Australian parakeet usually light green with black and yellow markings in the wild but bred in many colors |
Synonyms:
Melopsittacus undulatus,
grass parakeet,
shell parakeet,
budgereegah,
budgerigar,
budgerygah,
budgie |
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| (noun) small African parrot noted for showing affection for their mates |
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| lyrebird
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(noun) Australian bird that resembles a pheasant; the courting male displays long tail feathers in a lyre shape |
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| mockingbird
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(noun) long-tailed grey-and-white songbird of the southern United States able to mimic songs of other birds |
Synonyms:
Mimus polyglotktos,
mocker |
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| moorbird
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(noun) reddish-brown grouse of upland moors of Great Britain |
Synonyms:
red grouse,
moor-bird,
moorfowl,
moorgame,
Lagopus scoticus |
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| nightbird
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(noun) a person who likes to be active late at night |
Synonyms:
nighthawk,
night owl |
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| oilbird
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(noun) nocturnal fruit-eating bird of South America that has fatty young yielding an oil that is used instead of butter |
Synonyms:
guacharo,
Steatornis caripensis |
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| ovenbird
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(noun) American warbler; builds a dome-shaped nest on the ground |
Synonyms:
Seiurus aurocapillus |
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| (noun) small brownish South American birds that build oven-shaped clay nests |
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| puffbird
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(noun) brownish tropical American bird having a large head with fluffed out feathers |
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| railbird
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(noun) a fan of racing who watches races from the outer rail of the track |
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| redbird
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(noun) the male is bright red with black wings and tail |
Synonyms:
Piranga olivacea,
scarlet tanager,
firebird |
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| (noun) crested thick-billed North American finch having bright red plumage in the male |
Synonyms:
Richmondena Cardinalis,
Cardinalis cardinalis,
cardinal,
cardinal grosbeak |
| reedbird
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(noun) migratory American songbird |
Synonyms:
ricebird,
Dolichonyx oryzivorus,
bobolink |
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| (noun) small European warbler that breeds among reeds and wedges and winters in Africa |
Synonyms:
sedge bird,
sedge warbler,
sedge wren,
Acrocephalus schoenobaenus |
| ricebird
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(noun) migratory American songbird |
Synonyms:
reedbird,
Dolichonyx oryzivorus,
bobolink |
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| (noun) small finch-like Indonesian weaverbird that frequents rice fields |
Synonyms:
Java finch,
Java sparrow,
Padda oryzivora |
| riflebird
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(noun) velvety black Australian bird of paradise with green and purple iridescence on head and tail |
Synonyms:
Ptloris paradisea |
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| scrubbird
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(noun) small fast-running Australian bird resembling a wren and frequenting brush or scrub |
Synonyms:
scrub bird,
scrub-bird |
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| seabird
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(noun) a bird that frequents coastal waters and the open ocean: gulls; pelicans; gannets; cormorants; albatrosses; petrels; etc. |
Synonyms:
sea bird,
seafowl |
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| shoebird
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(noun) large stork-like bird of the valley of the White Nile with a broad bill suggesting a wooden shoe |
Synonyms:
shoebill,
Balaeniceps rex |
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| shorebird
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(noun) any of numerous wading birds that frequent mostly seashores and estuaries |
Synonyms:
shore bird,
limicoline bird |
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| snakebird
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(noun) fish-eating bird of warm inland waters having a long flexible neck and slender sharp-pointed bill |
Synonyms:
darter,
anhinga |
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| snowbird
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(noun) medium-sized Eurasian thrush seen chiefly in winter |
Synonyms:
fieldfare,
Turdus pilaris |
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| (noun) white Arctic bunting |
Synonyms:
snowflake,
Plectrophenax nivalis,
snow bunting |
| (noun) small North American finch seen chiefly in winter |
Synonyms:
junco |
| songbird
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(noun) any bird having a musical call |
Synonyms:
songster |
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| stiltbird
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(noun) long-legged three-toed black-and-white wading bird of inland ponds and marshes or brackish lagoons |
Synonyms:
stilt,
Himantopus stilt,
stilt plover,
long-legs,
longlegs |
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| stinkbird
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(noun) crested ill-smelling South American bird whose young have claws on the first and second digits of the wings |
Synonyms:
hoactzin,
hoatzin,
Opisthocomus hoazin |
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| surfbird
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(noun) sandpiper-like shorebird of Pacific coasts of North America and South America |
Synonyms:
Aphriza virgata |
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| tailorbird
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(noun) tropical Asian warbler that stitches leaves together to form and conceal its nest |
Synonyms:
Orthotomus sutorius |
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| thunderbird
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(noun) (mythology) the spirit of thunder and lightning believed by some Native Americans to take the shape of a great bird |
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| tropicbird
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(noun) mostly white web-footed tropical seabird often found far from land |
Synonyms:
boatswain bird,
tropic bird |
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| waterbird
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(noun) freshwater aquatic bird |
Synonyms:
water bird,
waterfowl |
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| weaverbird
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(noun) finch-like African and Asian colonial birds noted for their elaborately woven nests |
Synonyms:
weaver,
weaver finch |
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| whirlybird
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(noun) an aircraft without wings that obtains its lift from the rotation of overhead blades |
Synonyms:
chopper,
helicopter,
eggbeater |
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| yardbird
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(noun) a military recruit who is assigned menial tasks |
Synonyms:
yard bird |
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| (noun) a person serving a sentence in a jail or prison |
Synonyms:
con,
inmate,
convict,
yard bird |
| yellowbird
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(noun) yellow-throated American wood warbler |
Synonyms:
Dendroica petechia,
golden warbler,
yellow warbler |
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| (noun) American finch whose male has yellow body plumage in summer |
Synonyms:
New World goldfinch,
goldfinch,
Spinus tristis |