birdlike
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See also: bird-like
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Etymology[edit]
Adjective[edit]
birdlike (comparative more birdlike, superlative most birdlike)
- Similar to a bird or an aspect of a bird; reminiscent of birds; avian.
- a birdlike song; birdlike eyes
- 1898, H.G. Wells, The War of the Worlds, London: William Heinemann, page 237:
- 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.
- 2012, The Onion Book of Known Knowledge, page 82:
- Frail, birdlike wrists and no muscle anywhere on his tiny frame.
Translations[edit]
similar to a bird
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See also[edit]
Adverb[edit]
birdlike (comparative more birdlike, superlative most birdlike)
- (postpositive) In the manner of a bird; as, to fly.
Hyponyms[edit]
Translations[edit]
in the manner of a bird
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