BIRD

I. noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English brid, ~, from Old English bridd Date: before 12th century the young of a feathered vertebrate, any of a class (Aves) of warm-blooded vertebrates distinguished by having the body more or less completely covered with feathers and the forelimbs modified as wings, a game ~, clay pigeon , 5. fellow , a peculiar person, girl , shuttlecock , 7. chiefly British a hissing or jeering sound expressive of disapproval, dismissal from employment, a thin piece of meat rolled up with stuffing and cooked, a man-made object (as an aircraft, rocket, or satellite) that resembles a ~ especially by flying or being aloft, an obscene gesture of contempt made by pointing the middle finger upward while keeping the other fingers down, ~ie 2, ~like adjective II. intransitive verb Date: 1918 to observe or identify wild ~s in their natural environment