bird family meaning

Noun: bird family

1. A family of warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings

Derived forms: bird families

Type of: family

Part of: Craniata, subphylum Craniata, subphylum Vertebrata, Vertebrata

• bird:    Noun: bird &n ...
• in bird:     (slang; see bird ...
• on the bird:    [American slang]av ...

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1. Do you whack away and leave some poor bird family homeless?
2. The Bird family have been widely accused of corruption and nepotism.
3. It is a member of the South American bird family Furnariidae.
4. It is found only in the bird family Musophagidae, the turacos.
5. Sibley devotes an illustrated page or two to each of the bird families.