bird

CA, US /ˈbɝd/ · /ˈbɜɪ̯d/

Etymology From Middle English bird, brid, from Old English bridd (“chick, fledgling, chicken”), of uncertain origin (see Old English bridd for more). Originally from a term used of birds that could not fly (chicks, fledglings, chickens) as opposed to the general Old English term for flying birds, fugol (modern fowl). Gradually replaced fowl as the most common term starting in the 14th century. The "booing/jeering" and "vulgar hand gesture" senses derived from the expression “to give the big bird”, as in “to hiss someone like a goose”, dated in the mid‐18th century.

Synonyms

avian, bird, birdie, feathered friend, fowl

Derived terms

548 terms

a bird in the hand, a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush, adjutant bird, a little bird told me, American bird grasshopper, antbird, antibird, apostlebird, Baltimore bird, banana bird, band birds, barley-bird, beach birds, beambird, bellbird, bill bird, bill-bird, birdaholic, bird aircraft strike hazard, bird-alane, bird app, birdback, bird ball, birdbander, birdbath, bird bath, birdbeak dogfish, bird bird, birdbolt, birdbox, birdbrain, bird brain, birdbrained, bird-brained, bird breeder's lung, bird burst, birdcage, bird-cage, birdcage clock, birdcall, bird-call, bird call, birdcaller, birdcall imitation, bird-call imitation, bird call imitation, birdcall imitator, bird-call imitator, bird call imitator, birdcalling, birdcam, birdcare, birdcatcher, bird-catcher, bird catcher, bird-catcher tree, birdcatching, bird-catching, bird catching, bird-catching net, bird cherry, bird-cherry ermine, bird chorus, bird cliff, bird colonel, bird colony, bird course, birdcrap, bird dealer, bird-dealer, bird-do, bird dog, bird-dog, bird-dogged, bird-dogging, birddom, bird droppings, bird dropping spider, birdeater, birdeen, birder, birdeye, bird eye, bird-eyed, bird fancier's lung, bird farm, birdfeed, bird feeder, birdfeeder, birdfest, bird flu, birdfood, bird food, bird-foot, bird-footed dinosaur, birdfucker, bird grasshopper, bird-hatching, bird-headed, bird hide, bird-hipped, bird-hipped dinosaur, birdhood, birdhouse, bird-house, bird house, birdicide, birdie, birdied, birdieing, birdikin, bird-in-a-bush, bird in a nest, birdiness, bird influenza, birding, bird ingestion, bird in the bosom, bird in the hand, bird in hand, birdish, birdkeeper, birdkeeping, birdkind, birdless, birdlet, birdlife, birdlike, bird-like, birdlime, birdlimed, birdliming, birdlimer, birdling, birdlore, bird louse, birdlover, bird-lover, bird lover, birdloving, bird-loving, bird loving, birdly, birdman, birdmom, birdnap, birdnapper, birdness, bird-nest, birdnest, birdnesting, bird-nesting, birdo, bird of freedom, bird of ill omen, bird of Jove, bird of Juno, bird of one's own brain, bird of paradise, bird-of-paradise, bird-of-paradise flower, bird of passage, bird of peace, bird of prey, bird of wonder, bird pepper, bird point, birdproof, bird-rich, birds and bees, bird-scarer, birdseed, birdseller, bird-seller, bird's eye, bird's-eye map, bird's-eye maple, bird's eye maple, bird's-eye primrose, bird's-eye speedwell, bird's-eye view, bird's-foot, birdsfoot, bird's-foot trefoil, bird's-foot violet, bird shit, birdshit, birdshop, birdshot, bird shot, birdsit, birdsite, birdsitter, birdskin, birdsmouth, birdsnest, bird's nest, bird's-nest orchid, bird's-nest soup, bird's nest soup, birds of a feather, birds of a feather flock together, birds of paradise, birds-of-paradise, birdsome, birdsong, bird song, bird spider, birdspotter, birdspotting, bird's tooth, birdstore, bird store, birdstrike, bird strike, bird stuffer, Birds' Wedding, birdsweet, bird table, birdtrap, bird-walk, birdwalk, bird walk, birdwatcher, bird watcher, birdwatching, bird watching, birdweed, birdwing, bird-winged butterfly, birdwise, bird-witted, birdwoman, birdy, birdyback, birdysit, bishop bird, blackbird, bloodbird, bluebird, boatswain-bird, Boatswain Bird Island, bovver bird, bower bird, brain-fever bird, bristlebird, broken bird, bumblebird, bunyip bird, bushbird, butcherbird, butcher bird, butterbird, cage bird, cagebird, call bird, canary bird, capuchinbird, cat-bird, catbird, cat bird, cedar bird, cedarbird, ceiling bird, chaparral bird, charm a bird off a branch, chipping bird, cicadabird, clever bird, cockbird, cock bird, cock-bird, cockyolly bird, cockyoly bird, cornbird, cowbird, crocodile bird, crying bird, dead bird, devil bird, diamond bird, dickeybird, dickybird, dicky-bird, dicky bird, dipping bird, dirtbird, dirty bird, do bird, doctor bird, dodo bird, dollarbird, dolly bird, dolly-bird, doughbird, dragoon bird, drinking bird, drinky bird, dunbird, dunking bird, early bird, early bird catches the worm, early bird special, eat like a bird, egg-bird, elephant bird, European bird cherry, feathered oof-bird, fernbird, figbird, fine feathers make fine birds, firebird, flip the bird, flute-bird, fly like a bird, for the birds, free as a bird, friarbird, friar bird, frigatebird, frigate bird, frostbird, full bird, full bird colonel, funny bird, gallows-bird, gallows bird, gamebird farmer, game-bird farmer, gamebird, game bird, gaol-bird, gaolbird, gay old bird, get the bird, ghetto bird, gibberbird, give somebody the bird, give someone the bird, give the bird, glacier bird, go-away-bird, go-away bird, Goliath birdeater, goofus bird, gooney bird, gospel bird, go the way of the dodo bird, grass-bird, grassbird, green bird, gunbird, hairbird, hangbird, have a bird, haybird, hen bird, hermit-bird, homebird, honeybird, humbird, hummingbird, humming-bird, humming bird, icebird, important bird area, indigo bird, indigobird, invisible bird, iron bird, it's an ill bird that fouls its own nest, jail bird, jail-bird, jailbird, jaybird, Jesus bird, Jungle Bird, kill two birds with one stone, kingbird, ku ku bird, lady-bird, ladybird, leafbird, lettuce-bird, life bird, lightning bird, like a bird, little bird, liver bird, Lord God bird, lovebird, love bird, lyrebird, mackerel bird, magnificent bird of paradise, magnificent frigate bird, mallee bird, man-bird, mango-bird, mango bird, man-of-war bird, marshbird, maya bird, migratory bird, mino bird, mistletoebird, mocking bird, mockingbird, moonbird, moorbird, moosebird, morningbird, mother-bird, moundbird, mound bird, mousebird, multibird, murderbird, mutton bird, naked as a jay bird, naked as a jay-bird, nestle-bird, night bird, nonbird, nunbird, odd bird, oilbird, old bird, oof-bird, oozlum bird, organbird, ovenbird, oxbird, paddy bird, paradise bird, parson bird, Peabody bird, perching bird, pie bird, pilotbird, plumebird, poë-bird, poë bird, poebird, preacher bird, protobird, puffbird, qua-bird, queer bird, railbird, rainbird, rare bird, red-bird, redbird, reedbird, regent-bird, rhinoceros bird, ricebird, riflebird, ringbird, salad bird, sandbird, sankofa bird, scape-bird, scrubbird, scrub bird, seabird, sea bird, seal-bird, secretary bird, seed-bird, shadbird, shitbird, shit bird, shoot a bird, shorebird, shore bird, silverbird, sing like a bird, sippy bird, skinbyrd, skipper-bird, skunkbird, snakebird, snowbird, snow bird, snow-bird, songbird, spark bird, spinifexbird, spokesbird, stiltbird, stinkbird, stonebird, storm-bird, strange bird, Stymphalian bird, sugarbird, sultana bird, sunbird, surfbird, table bird, tailorbird, T-bird, teacher bird, terror bird, the bird has flown, the bird is flown, the birds and the bees, the early bird catches the worm, the early bird gets the worm, thicketbird, thistle bird, thornbird, thunderbird, tickbird, tinkerbird, toddy bird, tropicbird, umber bird, umbrellabird, umbrella bird, unicorn bird, wading bird, wallbird, warbird, waterbirding, waterbird, water bird, wattlebird, waxbird, weaverbird, werebird, wetbird, whalebird, wheatbird, wheelbird, whipbird, whirlybird, whore's-bird, widow bird, wirebird, woodbird, yard bird, yawker bird, year-bird, yellow-bird, yellowbird

Related terms

birb, burd, chirp, ornithic, ornithology, squawk, tweet, Animals, :Category:Birds

Hypernyms

amniote, sauropsid, tetrapod, vertebrate, animal

Hyponyms

200 terms

Larger groups, bird of prey, gamefowl, hummingbird, parrot, passerine, ratite, seabird, shorebird, warbler, waterfowl, wildfowl, songbird, Smaller groups, 'elepaio, adjutant, albatross, ani, aracari, auk, auklet, barbet, bellbird, bittern, booby, bronzewing, bulbul, bush-hen, buttonquail, chough, cockatiel, cockatoo, condor, cassowary, cormorant, coua, coucal, coot, crake, crow, cuckoo, darter, dikkop, diver, diving-petrel, dove, duck, eagle, earthcreeper, egret, eider, elaenia, emerald, erne, euphonia, falcon, finch, flameback, flamingo, flicker, flufftail, frigatebird, frogmouth, fulmar, gallinule, gannet, goatsucker, go-away-bird, grebe, guillemot, gull, hawk, hemipode, heron, honeycreeper, honeyguide, hornbill, ibis, jacamar, jackdaw, jay, kestrel, kiwi, koel, kookaburra, loon, lorikeet, lory, macaw, magpie, malkoha, moa, mollymawk, moorhen, mousebird, murrelet, native-hen, needletail, nighthawk, nightjar, noddy, nunbird, nunnet, owl, parakeet, parrotlet, pauraque, pelican, penguin, petrel, piculet, pigeon, pita, plantain-eater, plover, poor-me-one, poorwill, potoo, prion, puffbird, puffin, quail, rail, raven, rhea, roadrunner, sandgrouse, sandpiper, sapphire, sapsucker, seagull, seriema, serin, shag, shearwater, sheathbill, shrike, skimmer, skua, sparrow, spoonbill, stone-curlew, stork, storm-petrel, swamphen, swift, swiftlet, tern, thick-knee, thrush, tinamou, tinkerbird, toucan, toucanet, treepee, treeswift, tropicbird, turaco, turkey, waterhen, woodpecker, wryneck, yellowbill, yellownape, Single species, anhinga, canary, chuck-will's-widow, emu, galah, hammerkop, hoatzin, jabiru, kakapo, linnet, mockingbird, monklet, nightingale, ostrich, quail-plover, robin, secretarybird, shoebill, spotbill, wanderer, watercock, weka, whalehead, whip-poor-will, woodhen, By age and sex, chanticleer, chick, cock, fledgling, hen, nestling, partlet, rooster, tom

Meronyms

beak, bill, cere, cloaca, comb, crest, crop, down, feather, gizzard, keel, lore, talon, tarsus, wattle, wing