Bird vs. Animal

Birdnoun

A member of the class of animals Aves in the phylum Chordata, characterized by being warm-blooded, having feathers and wings usually capable of flight, and laying eggs.

Birdnoun

(slang) A man, fellow.

Birdnoun

A girl or woman, especially one considered sexually attractive.

Birdnoun

Girlfriend.

Birdnoun

(slang) An airplane.

Birdnoun

(slang) A satellite.

Birdnoun

(obsolete) A chicken; the young of a fowl; a young eaglet; a nestling.

Birdnoun

(slang) A prison sentence.

Birdnoun

The vulgar hand gesture in which the middle finger is extended.

Birdnoun

(Asian slang) A penis.

Birdverb

(intransitive) To observe or identify wild birds in their natural environment.

Birdverb

(intransitive) To catch or shoot birds.

Birdverb

To seek for game or plunder; to thieve.

Birdnoun

Orig., a chicken; the young of a fowl; a young eaglet; a nestling; and hence, a feathered flying animal (see 2).

Birdnoun

A warm-blooded, feathered vertebrate provided with wings. See Aves.

Birdnoun

Specifically, among sportsmen, a game bird.

Birdnoun

Fig.: A girl; a maiden.

Birdverb

To catch or shoot birds.

Birdverb

Hence: To seek for game or plunder; to thieve.

Birdverb

to watch birds, especially in their natural habitats, for enjoyment; to birdwatch.

Birdnoun

warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings

Birdnoun

the flesh of a bird or fowl (wild or domestic) used as food

Birdnoun

informal terms for a (young) woman

Birdnoun

a cry or noise made to express displeasure or contempt

Birdnoun

badminton equipment consisting of a ball of cork or rubber with a crown of feathers

Birdverb

watch and study birds in their natural habitat

Birdnoun

a warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrate animal distinguished by the possession of feathers, wings, a beak, and typically by being able to fly.

Birdnoun

a bird that is hunted for sport or used for food

Birdnoun

an aircraft, spacecraft, or satellite.

Birdnoun

a person of a specified kind or character

Birdnoun

a young woman or a girlfriend.

Bird

Birds are a group of warm-blooded vertebrates constituting the class Aves , characterised by feathers, toothless beaked jaws, the laying of hard-shelled eggs, a high metabolic rate, a four-chambered heart, and a strong yet lightweight skeleton. Birds live worldwide and range in size from the 5.5 cm (2.2 in) bee hummingbird to the 2.8 m (9 ft 2 in) ostrich.

Animalnoun

In scientific usage, a multicellular organism that is usually mobile, whose cells are not encased in a rigid cell wall (distinguishing it from plants and fungi) and which derives energy solely from the consumption of other organisms (distinguishing it from plants).

Animalnoun

In non-scientific usage, any member of the kingdom Animalia other than a human.

Animalnoun

In non-scientific usage, any land-living vertebrate (i.e. not fishes, insects, etc.).

Animalnoun

(figuratively) A person who behaves wildly; a bestial, brutal, brutish, cruel, or inhuman person.

Animalnoun

(informal) A person of a particular type.

Animalnoun

, thing.

Animaladjective

Of or relating to animals.

Animaladjective

Raw, base, unhindered by social codes.

Animaladjective

Pertaining to the spirit or soul; relating to sensation or innervation.

Animaladjective

Excellent

Animalnoun

An organized living being endowed with sensation and the power of voluntary motion, and also characterized by taking its food into an internal cavity or stomach for digestion; by giving carbonic acid to the air and taking oxygen in the process of respiration; and by increasing in motive power or active aggressive force with progress to maturity.

Animalnoun

One of the lower animals; a brute or beast, as distinguished from man; as, men and animals.

Animaladjective

Of or relating to animals; as, animal functions.

Animaladjective

Pertaining to the merely sentient part of a creature, as distinguished from the intellectual, rational, or spiritual part; as, the animal passions or appetites.

Animaladjective

Consisting of the flesh of animals; as, animal food.

Animalnoun

a living organism characterized by voluntary movement

Animaladjective

of the appetites and passions of the body;

Animaladjective

of the nature of or characteristic of or derived from an animal or animals;

Animalnoun

a living organism that feeds on organic matter, typically having specialized sense organs and nervous system and able to respond rapidly to stimuli

Animalnoun

an animal as opposed to a human being

Animalnoun

a mammal, as opposed to a bird, reptile, fish, or insect

Animalnoun

a person without human attributes or civilizing influences, especially someone who is very cruel, violent, or repulsive

Animalnoun

a particular type of person or thing

Animaladjective

relating to or characteristic of animals

Animaladjective

of animals as distinct from plants

Animaladjective

characteristic of the physical and instinctive needs of animals; of the flesh rather than the spirit or intellect

Animaladjective

relating to or denoting the pole or extremity of an embryo that contains the more active cytoplasm in the early stages of development.

Animal

Animals (also called Metazoa) are multicellular, eukaryotic organisms in the biological kingdom Animalia. With few exceptions, animals consume organic material, breathe oxygen, are able to move, can reproduce sexually, and go through an ontogenetic stage in which their body consists of a hollow sphere of cells, the blastula, during embryonic development.