Word Definition

Bird

  1. Specifically, among sportsmen, a game bird.
  2. To catch or shoot birds.
  3. A warm-blooded, feathered vertebrate provided with wings. See Aves.
  4. Orig., a chicken; the young of a fowl; a young eaglet; a nestling; and hence, a feathered flying animal (see 2).
  5. Fig.: A girl; a maiden.
  6. Hence: To seek for game or plunder; to thieve.

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