bird

Noun
  1. Warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings (synset 101505702)
    is a type of: craniate, vertebrate - animals having a bony or cartilaginous skeleton with a segmented spinal column and a large brain enclosed in a skull or cranium
    subtypes:
    • dickey-bird, dickeybird, dicky-bird, dickybird - small bird; adults talking to children sometimes use these words to refer to small birds
    • cock - adult male bird
    • hen - adult female bird
    • nester - a bird that has built (or is building) a nest
    • night bird - any bird associated with night: owl; nightingale; nighthawk; etc
    • bird of passage - any bird that migrates seasonally
    • protoavis - most primitive avian type known; extinct bird of the Triassic having bird-like jaw and hollow limbs and breastbone with dinosaur-like tail and hind limbs
    • archaeopteryx, archaeopteryx lithographica, archeopteryx - extinct primitive toothed bird of the Jurassic period having a long feathered tail and hollow bones; usually considered the most primitive of all birds
    • sinornis - sparrow-sized fossil bird of the Jurassic period to the Cretaceous period having a keeled breastbone and vestigial tail; found in China; considered possibly the second most primitive of all birds
    • ibero-mesornis - sparrow-sized fossil bird of the Cretaceous period having a vestigial tail; found in Spain; considered possibly the third most primitive of all birds
    • archaeornis - extinct primitive toothed bird with a long feathered tail and three free clawed digits on each wing
    • flightless bird, ratite, ratite 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
    • passeriform bird, passerine - perching birds mostly small and living near the ground with feet having 4 toes arranged to allow for gripping the perch; most are songbirds; hatchlings are helpless
    • nonpasserine bird - chiefly arboreal birds especially of the order Coraciiformes
    • bird of prey, raptor, raptorial bird - any of numerous carnivorous birds that hunt and kill other animals
    • gallinacean, gallinaceous bird - heavy-bodied largely ground-feeding domestic or game birds
    • parrot - usually brightly colored zygodactyl tropical birds with short hooked beaks and the ability to mimic sounds
    • cuculiform bird - birds having zygodactyl feet (except for the touracos)
    • coraciiform bird - chiefly short-legged arboreal nonpasserine birds that nest in holes
    • apodiform bird - nonpasserine bird having long wings and weak feet; spends much of its time in flight
    • caprimulgiform bird - long-winged nonpasserine birds
    • piciform bird - any of numerous nonpasserine insectivorous climbing birds usually having strong bills for boring wood
    • trogon - forest bird of warm regions of the New World having brilliant lustrous plumage and long tails
    • aquatic bird - wading and swimming and diving birds of either fresh or salt water
    • twitterer - a bird that twitters
    belongs to:
    has:
    • beak, bill, neb, nib, pecker - horny projecting mouth of a bird
    • furcula - a forked bone formed by the fusion of the clavicles of most birds
    • feather, plumage, plume - the light horny waterproof structure forming the external covering of birds
    • wing - a movable organ for flying (one of a pair)
    • pennon, pinion - wing of a bird
    • bird's foot - the foot of a bird
    • uropygium - posterior part of a bird's body from which the tail feathers grow
    • croup, croupe, hindquarters, rump - the part of an animal that corresponds to the human buttocks
    • air sac - any of the membranous air-filled extensions of the lungs of birds
    • preen gland, uropygial gland - oil-secreting gland situated at the base of the tail in most birds
    • syrinx - the vocal organ of a bird
    • bird, fowl - the flesh of a bird or fowl (wild or domestic) used as food
  2. The flesh of a bird or fowl (wild or domestic) used as food (synset 107659991)
    is a type of: meat - the flesh of animals (including fishes and birds and snails) used as food
    subtypes:
    • poultry - flesh of chickens or turkeys or ducks or geese raised for food
    • wildfowl - flesh of any of a number of wild game birds suitable for food
    has:
    is a part of: bird - warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings
    same as: fowl
  3. Informal terms for a (young) woman (synset 110008583)
    is a type of: fille, girl, miss, missy, young lady, young woman - a young female
    same as: chick, dame, doll, skirt, wench
  4. A cry or noise made to express displeasure or contempt (synset 107138578)
    is a type of: call, cry, outcry, shout, vociferation, yell - a loud utterance; often in protest or opposition
    same as: boo, bronx cheer, hiss, hoot, raspberry, razz, razzing, snort
  5. Badminton equipment consisting of a ball of cork or rubber with a crown of feathers (synset 104219349)
    is a type of: badminton equipment - equipment for playing the game of badminton
    same as: birdie, shuttle, shuttlecock
Verb
  1. Watch and study birds in their natural habitat (synset 201142291)
    is a type of: observe - watch attentively
    same as: birdwatch

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