Tuesday, 27 September 2011

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Bird

— n


1. any warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrate of the class Aves ,characterized by a body covering of feathers and fore limbs modified as wings. Birds vary in size between the ostrich and the humming bird

Related: avian , ornithic

2. informal a person (usually preceded by a qualifying adjective, as in the phrases rare bird, odd bird, clever bird)

3. slang chiefly ( British ) a girl or young woman, esp one's girlfriend

4. a bird in the hand: something definite or certain

5. like a bird: without resistance or difficulty

6. little bird a (supposedly) unknown informant: a little bird told me it was your birthday

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