English noun: bird |
| 1. | bird (animal) warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings |
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| Broader (hypernym) | craniate, vertebrate |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | apodiform bird, aquatic bird, archaeopteryx, Archaeopteryx lithographica, archaeornis, archeopteryx, bird of passage, bird of prey, caprimulgiform bird, carinate, carinate bird, cock, coraciiform bird, cuculiform bird, dickey-bird, dickeybird, dicky-bird, dickybird, flightless bird, flying bird, gallinacean, gallinaceous bird, hen, Ibero-mesornis, nester, night bird, nonpasserine bird, parrot, passeriform bird, passerine, piciform bird, protoavis, raptor, raptorial bird, ratite, ratite bird, Sinornis, trogon, twitterer |
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| Part holonym | air sac, beak, bill, bird, bird's foot, croup, croupe, feather, fowl, furcula, hindquarters, neb, nib, pecker, pennon, pinion, plumage, plume, preen gland, rump, syrinx, uropygial gland, uropygium, wing |
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| Member meronym | Aves, class Aves, flock |
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| 2. | bird (food) the flesh of a bird or fowl (wild or domestic) used as food |
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| Synonyms | fowl |
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| Broader (hypernym) | meat |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | poultry, wildfowl |
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| Part holonym | dark meat, drumstick, giblet, giblets, oyster, parson's nose, pope's nose, second joint, thigh, wing, wishbone, wishing bone |
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| Part meronym | bird |
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| 3. | bird (person) informal terms for a (young) woman |
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| Synonyms | chick, dame, doll, skirt, wench |
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| Broader (hypernym) | fille, girl, miss, missy, young lady, young woman |
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| 4. | bird (communication) a cry or noise made to express displeasure or contempt |
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| Synonyms | boo, Bronx cheer, hiss, hoot, raspberry, razz, razzing, snort |
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| Broader (hypernym) | call, cry, outcry, shout, vociferation, yell |
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| 5. | bird (artifact) badminton equipment consisting of a ball of cork or rubber with a crown of feathers |
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| Synonyms | birdie, shuttle, shuttlecock |
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| Broader (hypernym) | badminton equipment |
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