Bird Species Bird’s Area Person Sign Noun Bre

• a bird’s nest with two eggs in it
• a species of bird
• the area has a wealth of bird life.
• more than a third of britain's bird species need urgent protection.

bird

1. a creature that is covered with feathers and has two wings and two legs. Most birds can fly.
• see also game bird
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/game-bird
• a bird’s nest with two eggs in it
• a species of bird
• The area has a wealth of bird life.
• More than a third of Britain's bird species need urgent protection.
2. a way of referring to a young woman
• see also dolly bird
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/dolly-bird
3. a person of a particular type, especially somebody who is strange or unusual in some way
• a wise old bird
• She is that rare bird: a politician with a social conscience.
4. to not be important or practical
5. the wanted person has escaped
6. it is better to keep something that you already have than to risk losing it by trying to get much more
7. the basic facts about sex, especially as told to children
8. a view of something from a high position looking down
• From the plane we had a bird’s eye view of Manhattan.
9. people of the same sort (are found together)
10. the person who takes the opportunity to do something before other people will have an advantage over them
11. to shout at somebody as a sign of disapproval; to be shouted at
12. to make a rude sign at somebody with your middle finger; to have this sign made at you
13. to achieve two things at the same time with one action
14. used to say that somebody told you something but you do not want to say who it was

Extra Examples

• The birds migrate in September.
• They set up a bird table in the garden.
• We watched a bird of prey swoop down on a mouse.
• an area with a very varied bird life
• birds nesting on the roof of the church
• birds pecking at the corn

Word Origin

• Old English brid ‘chick, fledgling’, of unknown origin.