birdlike

adj, adv — 2 senses

birdlike

adj

Etymology From bird + -like.

1

Similar to a bird or an aspect of a bird; reminiscent of birds.

a birdlike song; birdlike eyes
Once or twice I heard a faint pitter-patter like the feet of the dog going hither and thither on the sand far below me, and there were more bird-like sounds, but that was all.1898, H.G. Wells, The War of the Worlds, London: William Heinemann, page 237:

1 more example

Frail, birdlike wrists and no muscle anywhere on his tiny frame.2012, The Onion Book of Known Knowledge, page 82:

Synonyms: avian, avianlike, birdlike / bird-like, birdly, birdy
Antonyms: non-avian, unavian, unbirdlike, unbirdly
Derived terms: birdlikeness, nonbirdlike, unbirdlike
Related terms: volucrine
Hypernyms: animallike
Hyponyms: eaglelike, crowlike, hawklike, parrotlike, sparrowlike
Meronyms: feathered, plumed, winged

birdlike

adv

Etymology From bird + -like.

1

Postpositional In the manner of a bird; as, to fly.

Hyponyms: turkey-like

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