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Found 2 hits - Term: bird of passage, Database: *, Strategy: prefix
[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
bird \bird\ b~erd, n. oe. brid, bred, bird, young bird,
   bird, as. bridd young bird. root92.
   1. orig., a chicken; the young of a fowl; a young eaglet; a
      nestling; and hence, a feathered flying animal see 2.
      1913 webster

            that ungentle gull, the cuckoo's bird. --shak.
      1913 webster

            the brydds birds of the aier have nestes.
                                                  --tyndale
                                                  matt. viii.
                                                  20.
      1913 webster

   2. zool. a warm-blooded, feathered vertebrate provided with
      wings. see aves.
      1913 webster

   3. specifically, among sportsmen, a game bird.
      1913 webster

   4. fig.: a girl; a maiden.
      1913 webster

            and by my word the bonny bird
            in danger shall not tarry.            --campbell.
      1913 webster

   arabian bird, the phenix.

   bird of jove, the eagle.

   bird of juno, the peacock.

   bird louse zool., a wingless insect of the group
      mallophaga, of which the genera and species are very
      numerous and mostly parasitic upon birds. -- bird mite
      zool., a small mite genera dermanyssus,
      dermaleichus and allies parasitic upon birds. the
      species are numerous.

   bird of passage, a migratory bird.

   bird spider zool., a very large south american spider
      mygale avicularia. it is said sometimes to capture and
      kill small birds.

   bird tick zool., a dipterous insect parasitic upon birds
      genus ornithomyia, and allies, usually winged.
      1913 webster
see also:
aves arabian bird bird of jove bird of juno bird louse dermanyssus 
dermaleichus bird of passage bird spider mygale avicularia bird tick 
ornithomyia 
[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0
bird of passage
     n 1: someone who leads a wandering unsettled life syn: wanderer,
           roamer, rover
     2: any bird that migrates seasonally
see also:
wanderer roamer rover 

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Bird Of Passage >> B Words
Bird Of Passage, definition of term: Bird Of Passage
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Bird Of Paradis >> B Words
Bird Of Paradis, definition of term: Bird Of Paradis
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Bird Of Prey >> B Words
Bird Of Prey, definition of term: Bird Of Prey
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