- Bird
- Bird Bird (b[~e]rd), n. [OE. brid, bred, bird, young bird,
bird, AS. bridd young bird. [root]92.]
1. Orig., a chicken; the young of a fowl; a young eaglet; a
nestling; and hence, a feathered flying animal (see 2).
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That ungentle gull, the cuckoo's bird. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
The brydds [birds] of the aier have nestes. --Tyndale (Matt. viii. 20). [1913 Webster]
2. (Zo["o]l.) A warm-blooded, feathered vertebrate provided with wings. See {Aves}. [1913 Webster]
3. Specifically, among sportsmen, a game bird. [1913 Webster]
4. Fig.: A girl; a maiden. [1913 Webster]
And by my word! the bonny bird In danger shall not tarry. --Campbell. [1913 Webster]
{Arabian bird}, the phenix.
{Bird of Jove}, the eagle.
{Bird of Juno}, the peacock.
{Bird louse} (Zo["o]l.), a wingless insect of the group Mallophaga, of which the genera and species are very numerous and mostly parasitic upon birds. -- Bird mite (Zo["o]l.), a small mite (genera {Dermanyssus}, {Dermaleichus} and allies) parasitic upon birds. The species are numerous.
{Bird of passage}, a migratory bird.
{Bird spider} (Zo["o]l.), a very large South American spider ({Mygale avicularia}). It is said sometimes to capture and kill small birds.
{Bird tick} (Zo["o]l.), a dipterous insect parasitic upon birds (genus {Ornithomyia}, and allies), usually winged. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
