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bird

(Encyclopedia)CE5 General anatomy of a bird bird, warm-blooded, egg-laying, vertebrate animal having its body covered with feathers and its forelimbs modified into wings, which are used by most birds for flight...

surf bird

(Encyclopedia)surf bird: see shore bird.

frigate-bird

(Encyclopedia)frigate-bird: see man-o'-war bird. ...

Bird, Isabella

(Encyclopedia)Bird, Isabella: see Bishop, Isabella Lucy (Bird). ...

secretary bird

(Encyclopedia)secretary bird, common name for a long-legged African bird, Sagittarius serpentarius, related to the hawk and about 4 ft (122 cm) tall. Its crest of black feathers suggested the quill pens behind the ...

elephant bird

(Encyclopedia)elephant bird, extinct, flightless bird of the family Aepyornithidae. Once native to the island of Madagascar, these gigantic birds may have survived until as late as 1649. Today, they are known only ...

love bird

(Encyclopedia)love bird: see parrot.

mound bird

(Encyclopedia)mound bird: see megapode.

reed bird

(Encyclopedia)reed bird: see bobolink.

rice bird

(Encyclopedia)rice bird: see bobolink.