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Obsolete form of eyrie. [The nest of a bird of prey.]
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Obsolete form of eyrie. [The nest of a bird of prey.]
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Cooing and rubbing of beaks, performed by birds such as pigeons and doves as a prelude to mating.
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(birding, slang) Binoculars.
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(meteorology, ornithology) A large quantity of birds simultaneously taking off from a single location and flying outwards, producing a radar signature closely resembling that from a microburst.
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The collective singing and vocalising of birds.
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(Canada) In an educational institution, a course which is regarded as particularly easy.
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(aviation, military, slang) A multiservice tactical brevity code requesting configuration of sensors.
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alternative form of birdfeeder [A device placed outdoors to supply food to birds.]
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Alternative spelling of birdsong [(ornithology) A vocalisation made by a bird for the purposes of courtship.]
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(transport, by extension) Any collision between a bird and a vehicle.
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Alternative spelling of birdwalk [A walk taken for the purpose of birdwatching.]
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(countable) A cage to keep pet or zoological specimen birds in.
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A camera usually monitoring a bird's nest.
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Alternative form of bird cliff [A steep cliff with numerous small shelves that serve as nesting locations for bird colonies.]
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Food intended for birds, often a mixture of various seeds.
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An effective or child's term for any (small) bird. (1999: Oxford Dictionary of Slang, p. 130)
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(very rare) Alternative form of birdysit [(rare) To take care of a bird in the owner's absence; to birdsit.]
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A shop that sells live birds.
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To babysit for (take care of) a bird.
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(ornithology) A vocalisation made by a bird for the purposes of courtship.
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Alternative form of bird strike [(aviation) A collision between a bird and an aircraft, especially one that causes an accident.]
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A woman who works with birds.
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(rare) To take care of a bird in the owner's absence; to birdsit.
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Alternative form of break-bones [Any bird in the genus Macronectes, known as giant petrels.]
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(figuratively) A troubled or emotionally fragile person, especially one suffering the aftereffects of a personal trauma.
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A female bird in the condition to incubate eggs; a broody hen, duck, etc.
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(hunting, as "the brown") A mass of birds or animals that may be indiscriminately fired at.
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(uncommon) A bird that is kept confined in a cage.
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(figuratively, by extension) Anything desirable used to lure somebody.
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(US, idiomatic) An enviable position, often one of great advantage.
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A flock, group (especially of finches).
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Alternative form of charm the birds from the trees [To behave in a very charming manner.]
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The period of being a chick (young bird).
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A (familiar name for a) cockatoo.
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A small group of birds or animals.
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The world of crows; crow society.
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(politics, slang, sometimes derogatory) A person, especially one in power, who emphasizes keeping government budgets under control, derogatory when such actions are seen as predatory or entail harsh fiscal discipline or austerity.
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(Britain, informal, from Cockney rhyming slang, used especially in negative constructions) A word; a small sound or thing.
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(birdwatching, colloquial) To miss out on seeing a sought after bird.
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(UK, dated, informal) to do time (to serve a prison sentence).
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Alternative spelling of dolly bird [(Britain) An attractive young woman, especially one whose intellect is rather less in evidence than her good looks.]
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Alternative form of dop (“cup in which diamond is cut”) [A diving bird.]
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(UK, dialect, obsolete) The carrion crow.
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Alternative form of eyrie [The nest of a bird of prey.]
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(historical) A person who sells feathers.
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(rare, literary) A young seal.
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Alternative form of gallows bird [(archaic) A person who deserves, or is likely, to be hanged.]
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Alternative spelling of jailbird [A prisoner or an ex-prisoner]
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(slang, US, idiomatic) A police helicopter, specifically in the context of patrolling or searching impoverished, high-crime urban areas (the ghetto).
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(obsolete) wildfowl; game
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(dated) A catkin on willows, nut trees, and pines.
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(birdwatching, transitive) To tease or taunt another birdwatcher about a bird you have seen but he or she missed out on.
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(military, slang) A military helicopter.
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(ornithology) A group of female birds mated to or associated with a breeding male.
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(game theory) An uncooperative or purely-selfish participant in an exchange or game, especially when untrusting, acquisitive or treacherous. Refers specifically to the Prisoner's Dilemma, alias the Hawk-Dove game.
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A place where hawks used for hunting are kept.
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A hawk, someone who espouses hawkish politics, especially a hawkish foreign policy.
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A small, young, or immature hawk.
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(figuratively, derogatory, uncommon) A henlike person of either sex.
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(of a male turkey) Surrounded by a harem of female turkeys and unlikely to move in response to a call.
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(informal) A wild goose.
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Alternative form of jailbird [A prisoner or an ex-prisoner]
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Alternative spelling of jailbird [A prisoner or an ex-prisoner]
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(US, slang) Synonym of jive turkey.
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A nestling; a young bird in the nest.
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(derogatory) An individual who has served in the military only during peacetime, or only in a non-combat capacity, but offers strategic advice and promote military actions.
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A form of fragmentary birdsong in young birds that are still developing.
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(collective) A flock of turkeys.
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Alternative form of roc [An enormous mythical bird in Eastern legend.]
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(birdwatching, informal) To observe a bird using a spotting scope.
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(military, vulgar, slang) A person who regularly gets into trouble; a screw-up.
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(simile) to divulge secrets with little coercion
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(chiefly in negative constructions) A person who is still young.
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The meat of such a baby bird used as food.
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(birdwatching) To deliberately state that a certain bird is present when it is not; to knowingly mislead other birders about the occurrence of a bird, especially a rarity; to misidentify a common bird as a rare species.
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(ornithology) A sequence of sounds uttered by a young bird before it has learned to produce normal birdsong.
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(Philippines, dated) A formidable gamecock.
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An enclosure for housing teal before they are killed and eaten.
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(countable) With a distinguishing word: a bird resembling the Meleagris gallopavo (for example, the brush turkey or bush turkey (Alectura lathami), and the water turkey (Anhinga anhinga)).
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(uncountable, neologism) The act of engaging in a turkey drop; the process of breaking up with a partner around Thanksgiving.
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(transitive) To spot or seek out a bird, especially a rare one.
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(archaic) Alternative spelling of whitret (“weasel”) [(Scotland, UK dialect) A weasel or stoat.]
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Someone who hunts wildfowl.
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(UK, dialect) The redwing.
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A hunter who shoots birds in the field, as opposed to skeet shooting.
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(US, dialect) A bird, the tattler.
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