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birdlike

bird·like
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [burd-lahyk]
    • /ˈbɜrdˌlaɪk/
    • /bˈɜːdlaɪk/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [burd-lahyk]
    • /ˈbɜrdˌlaɪk/

Definitions of birdlike word

  • adjective birdlike If someone has a birdlike manner, they move or look like a bird. 3
  • adjective birdlike having the appearance or characteristics of a bird, as quickness, lightness, fragility, etc.: birdlike gestures. 1
  • adjective birdlike Similar to a bird. 0
  • adjective birdlike Similar to that of a bird; as, a birdlike song, birdlike eyes. 0
  • adverb birdlike (postpositive) In the manner of a bird; as, to fly birdlike. 0
See all 5 definitions of birdlike

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Origin of birdlike

First appearance:

before 1580
One of the 35% oldest English words
First recorded in 1580-90; bird + -like

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Parts of speech for Birdlike

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Birdlike

birdlike popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 74% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

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Synonyms for birdlike

adj birdlike

  • flying — making flight or passing through the air; that flies: a flying insect; an unidentified flying object.
  • airy — If a building or room is airy, it has a lot of fresh air inside, usually because it is large.
  • atmospheric — Atmospheric is used to describe something which relates to the Earth's atmosphere.
  • lofty — extending high in the air; of imposing height; towering: lofty mountains.
  • vaporous — having the form or characteristics of vapor: a vaporous cloud.
All 8 Synonyms of birdlike

Antonyms for birdlike

adj birdlike

  • ground — the act of grinding.
Just one Antonym for birdlike

Related words

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    a frog, Hyla avivoca, of the southern U.S., having a birdlike, whistling call.

  • monotreme

    any animal of the Monotremata, the most primitive order of mammals, characterized by certain birdlike and reptilian features, as hatching young from eggs, and having a single opening for the digestive, urinary, and genital organs, comprising only the duckbill and the echidnas of Australia and New Guinea.

  • ornithic

    of or relating to birds.

  • protoavis

    a fossil bird of the genus Protoavis, from the Triassic Period, having a birdlike, partly toothless jaw structure, a tail and hind legs resembling those of the dinosaur, and the hollow bones and keellike breast that are characteristic of modern birds: the oldest known avian type, preceding the archaeopteryx by an estimated 75 million years.

  • pterodactyl

    any of a number of genera of flying reptiles of the extinct order Pterosauria, from the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods, having a highly reduced tail and teeth and a birdlike beak.
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