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BIRDS

"BIRDS" is a plural of: bird.

Date "BIRDS" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references)

 

Specialty Definition: BIRDS

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Dream Interpretation

It is a favorable dream to see birds of beautiful plumage. A wealthy and happy partner is near if a woman has dreams of this nature.
Moulting and songless birds, denotes merciless and inhuman treatment of the outcast and fallen by people of wealth.
To see a wounded bird, is fateful of deep sorrow caused by erring offspring.
To see flying birds, is a sign of prosperity to the dreamer. All disagreeable environments will vanish before the wave of prospective good.
To catch birds, is not at all bad. To hear them speak, is owning one's inability to perform tasks that demand great clearness of perception.
To kill than with a gun, is disaster from dearth of harvest. Source: Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted ....

Literature

Birds Birds of a feather flock together. Persons associate with those of a similar taste and station as themselves. Qui se ressemble s'assemble. Cicero says, "Similes similibus gaudent, pures cum paribus facillime congregantur." "Ne nous associons qu'avec nos égaux" (La Fontaine).
To kill two birds with one stone. To effect two objects with one outlay of trouble.
Birds (protected by superstitions).
Choughs are protected in Cornwall, because the soul of King Arthur migrated into a chough.
The Hawk is held sacred by the Egyptians, because it is the form assumed by Ra or Horus.
The Ibis is sacred in Egypt, and to kill one was at one time a capital offence. It is said that the god Thoth escaped (as an Ibis) from the pursuit of Typhon.
Mother Carey's Chickens, or Storm Petrels are protected by sailors, from a superstition that they are the living forms of the souls of deceased sailors.
The Robin is protected, both from Christian tradition and nursery legend. (See Robin Redbreast.)
The Stork is a sacred bird in Sweden, from the legend that it flew round the cross, crying Styrka, Styrka, when Jesus was crucified. (See Stork.)
Swans are superstitiously protected in Ireland from the legend of the Fionnuala (daughter of Lir), who was metamorphosed into a swan and condemned to wander in lakes and rivers till Christianity was introduced. (See Irish Melodies, Silent O'Moyle.
The bat (a winged animal) was regarded by the Caribs as a good angel, which protected their dwellings at night; and it was accounted sacrilegious to kill one. Source: Brewer's Dictionary.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Specialty Definition: Bird

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Birds
Lemon-bellied Flycatcher
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Aves
Orders
Many: see text

Birds are bipedal, warm-blooded, egg-laying vertebrates characterized primarily by feathers, forelimbs modified as wings, and hollow bones. There are almost 9000 known species of birds in the world.

Introduction

Birds range in size from the tiny hummingbirds to the huge Ostrich and Emu.

Although most birds are characterised by flight, the ratites are flightless, and several other species, particularly on islands, lost this ability. Flightless birds include the penguins, Ostrich, kiwis, and the extinct Dodo. Flightless species are vulnerable to extinction when humans or the mammals they introduce arrive in their habitat, for example the Great Auk, flightless rails, and the moa of New Zealand.

Birds are a very differentiated class, with some feeding on nectar, seeds, insects, rodents, fish, carrion, or other birds. Most birds are diurnal, or active during the day. Some birds, such as the owls and nightjars are nocturnal or crepuscular (active during twilight hours). Many birds migrate long distances to utilize marginal habitats (e.g., Arctic Tern) while others spend almost all their time at sea (e.g. the Wandering Albatross).

Common characteristics of birds are the ability to fly using feathered wings, a bony beak with no teeth, the laying of hard-shelled eggs, high metabolic rate, and a light but strong skeleton. Birds are among the most extensively studied animal groups, with hundreds of academic journals devoted to their study.

To groom, or preen, their feathers, birds use beaks to brush away foreign particles.

The birds of a region are called the avifauna. This term is also the name of various bird parks, e.g., that in Alphen aan den Rijn.

Reproduction

Although most male birds have no external sex organs, the male does have two testes which become hundreds of times larger during the breeding season to produce sperm. The female's ovaries also become larger, although only the left ovary actually functions.


Black-browed Albatross.
Larger version

In the males of species without a phallus (see below), sperm is stored within the proctodeum compartment within the cloaca prior to copulation. During copulation, the female moves her tail to the side and the male either mounts the female from behind or moves very close to her. He moves the opening of his cloaca, or vent, close to hers, so that the sperm can enter the female's cloaca, in what is referred to as a cloacal kiss. This can happen very fast, sometimes in less than one second.

The sperm is stored in the female's cloaca for anywhere from a week to a year, depending on the species of bird. Then, one by one, eggs will descend from the female's ovaries and become fertilized by the male's sperm, before being subsequently laid by the female. The eggs will then continue their development in the nest.

Many waterfowl and some other birds, such as the ostrich and turkey, do possess a phallus. Except during copulation, it is hidden within the proctodeum compartment within the cloaca, just inside the vent. The avian phallus differs from the mammalian penis in several ways, most importantly in that it is purely a copulatory organ and is not used for dispelling urine.

After the eggs hatch, parent birds provide varying degrees of care in terms of food and protection. The chicks of ground-nesting birds such as larks and waders are often able to run virtually immediately after hatching, whereas the young of hole-nesters are often totally incapable of unassisted survival. "Fledging" is the process of a chick acquiring feathers until it can fly.

Evolution

Birds are generally considered to have evolved from theropod dinosaurss.

The exact boundary between dinosaurss and birds is unclear, especially with the recent discoveries in North-east China (Liaoning Province) that support the theory that many small theropod dinosaurs had feathers. It should be noted that although ornithischian dinosaurs share the same hip structure as birds (bird-hipped), birds originated from the saurischian or lizard-hipped dinosaurs, and so arrived at this condition independently. In fact, it developed a third time among a peculiar group of theropods, the thurizinosauridae.

The early bird Archaeopteryx, from the Jurassic, is well-known as one of the first "missing links" to be found in support of evolution in the late 19th century, though it is probably not basal among the birds.

All modern birds are classified as Neornithes, with two other major groups, the Ichthyornithes and Hesperornithes having become extinct.

The flightless Palaeognaths, the Ostrich group, were first to diverge from the avian lineage, and it is now thought that the basal divergence from the remaining Neognathes was that of the Galloanseri, the superorder containing the Anseriformes (ducks, geese and swans), and the Galliformes (the pheasants, grouse and their allies. See the chart.

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Sibley & Ahlquist's Phylogeny and Classification of Birds (1990) is a landmark work on the classification of birds (although frequently debated and constantly revised).

Birds and humans

Birds are an important food source for humans. The most commonly eaten species is the domestic chicken and its eggs, although geese, pheasants, turkeys and ducks are also widely eaten. Other birds that have been utilized for food include emus, ostriches, pigeons, grouse, quails, doves, woodcocks, songbirds and others, including small passerines such as finches..

At one time swans and flamingos were delicacies of the rich and powerful, although these are generally protected now.

Many species have become extinct through over-hunting, such as the Passenger Pigeon.

Numerous species are commensal on man and have become pandemic, for example Common Pigeon or Rock Doves (Columba livia), House Sparrows (Passer domesticus) and Starlings (Sturnus vulgaris). Other birds have been used by humans: for example Homing pigeons to carry messages (many are still kept for sport), falcons for hunting, cormorants for fishing, and honeycreepers to lead people to honey. Chickens and pigeons are popular subjects in experimental research in biology and comparative psychology. As birds are extra-sensitive to toxins, the Canary was often used in coal mines to indicate the presence of poisonous gases, so that the miners could escape.

Colorful, particularly tropical, birds (e.g., Parrotss, and Mynahs) are often kept as pets although this has lead to smuggling of some endangered species; CITES does considerable work to deter this.

Bird diseases that can be contracted by humans include: psittacosis, salmonellosis, campylobacteriosis, Newcastle's disease, mycobacteriosis (avian tuberculosis), influenza, giardiasis, and cryptosporiadiosis.


Chinstrap Penguin

See also:

and for regional articles: Bird families and taxonomic discussion are given in list of birds and Sibley-Ahlquist taxonomy.

Bird was also the nickname of Charlie Parker, the noted jazz musician. Christopher Bird was a science journalist.

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Bird."

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Bird migration

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Long-distance land bird migration

Many species of land birds migrate very long distances, the most common pattern being for birds to breed in the temperate or arctic northern hemisphere and winter in warmer regions, often in the tropics or the southern hemisphere.

There is a strong genetic component to migration in terms of timing and route, but this may be modified by environmental influences. An interesting example where a change of migration route has occurred because of such a geographical barrier is the trend for some Blackcaps in central Europe to migrate west and winter in Great Britain rather than cross the Alps.

The advantage of the migration strategy is that, in the long days of the northern summer, breeding birds have more hours to feed their young on often abundant food supplies, particularly insects. As the days shorten in autumn and food supplies become scarce, the birds can return to warmer regions where the length of the day varies less and there is an all year round food supply.

The downside of migration is the hazards of the journey, especially when difficult habitats such as deserts and oceans must be crossed, and weather conditions may be adverse.

The risks of predation are also high. The Eleanora's Falcon which breeds on Mediterranean islands has a very late breeding season, timed so that autumn passerine migrants can be hunted to feed its young.

Whether a particular species migrates depends on a number of factors. The climate of the breeding area is important, and few species can cope with the harse winters of inland Canada or northern Eurasia. Thus the Blackbird Turdus merula is migratory in Scandinavia, but not in the milder climate of southern Europe.

The nature of the staple food is also important. Most specialists insect eaters are long-distance migrants, and have little choice but to head south in winter.

Sometimes the factors are finely balanced. The Whinchat Saxicola rubetra of Europe is a long-distance migrant wintering in the tropics, whereas its close relative, the Stonechat Saxicola torquata is resident in most of its range, and moves only short distances from the colder north and east.

Certain areas, because of their location, have become famous as watchpoints for migrating birds. Examples are the Point Pelee National Park in Canada, and Spurn in England. Drift migration of birds blown off course by the wind can result in "falls" of large numbers of migrants at coastal sites.

Another cause of birds occurring outside their normal ranges is the "spring overshoot" in which birds returning to their breeding areas overshoot and end up further north than intended.

A mechanism which can lead to great rarities turning up as vagrants thousands of kilometres out of range is reverse migration, where the genetic programming of young birds fails to work properly.

Recent research suggests that long-distance passerine migrants are of South American and African, rather than northern hemisphere, evolutionary origins. They are effectively southern species coming north to breed rather than northern species going south to winter.

Broad-winged long distance migrants

Some large broad-winged birds rely on thermal columns of rising hot air to enable them to soar. These include many birds of prey such as vultures, eagles and buzzards, but also storks.

Migratory species in these groups have great difficulty crossing large bodies of water, since thermals can only form over land, and these birds cannot maintain active flight for long distances.

The Mediterranean therefore presents a major obstacle to soaring birds, which are forced to cross at the narrowest points. This means that massive numbers of large raptors and storks pass through areas such as Gibraltar, Falsterbo and the Bosphorus at migration times. Commoner species, such as the Honey Buzzard can be counted in hundreds of thousands in autumn.

Other barriers, such as mountain ranges, can also cause funnelling, particularly of the large diurnal migrants.

Short-distance land bird migration

The long distance migrants in the previous section are effectively genetically programmed to respond to changing lengths of days. However many species move shorter distances, but may do so only in response to harsh weather conditions.

Thus mountain and moorland breeders, like the Wallcreeper and White-throated Dipper may move only altitudinally to escape the cold higher ground. Other species like the Merlin and Skylark will move further to the coast or to a more southerly region.

Species like the Chaffinch are not migratory in Great Britain, but will move south or to Ireland in very cold weather. Interesting, in Scandinavia, the female of this species migrates, but not the male, giving rise to the specific name coelebs, a batchelor.

Short distance passerine migrants have two evolutionary origins. Those which have long distance migrants in the same family, like the Chiffchaff, are species of southern hemisphere origins which have progressively shortened their return migration so that they stay in the northern hemisphere.

Those species which have no long distance migratory relative, like the waxwings, are effectively moving in response to winter weather, rather than enhanced breeding opportunities.

Wildfowl and wader migration

The typical image of migration is of northern landbirds such as swallows and birds of prey making long flights to the tropics. Many northern breeding ducks geese and swans are also long-distance migrants, but need only to move from their arctic breeding grounds far enough south to escape frozen waters.

This means that most wildfowl remain in the Northern hemisphere, but in milder countries. For example, the Pink-footed Goose migrates from Iceland to Great Britain and neighbouring countries. Usually wintering grounds are traditional and learned by the young when they migrate with their parents.

Some ducks, such as the Garganey, do move completely or partially into the tropics.

A similar situation occurs with waders (called "shorebirds" in North America). Many species, such as Dunlin and Western Sandpiper undertake long movements from their arctic breeding grounds to warmer locations in the same hemisphere, but others like Semipalmated Sandpiper travel huge distances to the tropics.

Most of the wildfowl are large and powerful, and even the waders are strong fliers. This means that birds wintering in temperate regions have the capacity to make further shorter movements in the event of particularly inclement weather.

Seabird migration

Much of what has been said in the previous section applies to many seabirds. Some, like the Black Guillemot and some gulls are quite sedentary, others, such as most of the terns and auks breeding in the temperate northen hemisphere move south varying distances in winter. The Arctic Tern sees more daylight than any other bird, moving from its arctic breeding grounds to the antarctic wintering areas. Seabirds, of course, have the advantage that they can feed on migration.

The most pelagic species, mainly in the order Procellariiformes, are great wanderers, and the albatrosses of the southern oceans may circle the globe as they ride the "roaring forties" outside the breeding season. The tubenoses in general spread thinly over large areas of open ocean, but congregate when food becomes available.

Pelagic birding trips attract petrels and other procellarids by tipping "chum", a mixture of fish oil and offal, into the sea. Within minutes, a previously apparently empty ocean is full of petrels, fulmars and shearwaters attracted by the food.

A few seabirds, like Wilson's Petrel, and Great Shearwater are amongst the few species that breed in the southern hemispehere and migrate north in the southern winter.

Migration in the tropics

In the tropics there is little variation in the length of day throughout the year, and it is always warm enough for an adequate food supply. Apart from the seasonal movements of northern hemisphere wintering species, most species are in the broadest sense resident. However many species undergo movements of varying distances depending on the rainfall.

Many tropical regions have wet and dry seasons, the monsoons of India being perhaps the best known example. An example of a bird whose distribution is rain associated is the Woodland Kingfisher of west Africa.

There are a few species, notably cuckoos, which are genuine long-distance migrants within the tropics. An example is the Lesser Cuckoo, which breeds in India and winters in Africa.

In the high mountains, such as the Himalayas and the Andes, there are of course also altitudinal movements of greater or lesser extent by many species.

Migration in Australasia

Bird migration is primarily, but not entirely, a Northern Hemisphere phenomenon. In the Southern Hemisphere, seasonal migration tends to be much less marked. There are several reasons for this.

First, the largely uninterupted expanses of land mass or ocean tend not to funnel migrations into narrow and obvious pathways, making them less obvious to the human observer. Second, at least for terrestrial birds, climatic regions tend to fade into one another over a long distance rather than be entirely separate: this means that rather than make long trips over unsuitable habitat to reach particular destinations, migrant species can usually travel at a relaxed pace, feeding as they go: short of banding studies it is often not obvious that the birds seen in any particular locality as the seasons change are in fact different members of the same species passing through, gradually working their way north or south.

Relatively few Australasian birds migrate in the way that so many European and North American species do. This is largely a matter of geography: the Australasian climate has seasonal extremes no less compelling than those of Europe, however they are far less predictable and tend to take place over periods both shorter and longer. A couple of weeks of heavy rain in one part or another of the usually dry centre of Australia, for example, produces dramatic plant and invertebrate growth, attracting birds from all directions. This can happen at any time of year, summer or winter and, in any given area, may not happen again for a decade or more.

Broader climatic extremes are highly unpredictable also: expected seasonal heat or rain arrives or does not arrive, depending on the vaguaries of El Niño: it is commonplace to have stretches of five or ten years at a time when winter rains do not eventuate during the El Niño cycle, and equally common to have La Niña periods which turn arid zones into areas of lush grass and shallow lakes. Long distance migration requires a heavy investment in time and body mass—and given the random nature of El Niño, an investment with an uncertain return.

In broad, Australasian birds tend to be sedantry or nomadic, moving on whenever conditions become unfavourable, to whichever area happens to be more suitable at the time.

There are many exceptions, however. Some species make the long haul to breed in far distant northern climes every year, notably swifts, and a great many wading birds that breed in the Arctic Circle during the southern winter.

Many others arrive for the southern spring and summer to breed, then fly to tropical northern Australia, New Guinea, or the islands of South East Asia for the Southern winter. Examples include cuckoos, the Satin Flycatcher, the Dollarbird, and the Rainbow Bee-eater.

Others again are altitudinal migrants, moving to higher country during summer, returning to warmer areas in winter like several robins, or travel north and south with the seasons but within a relatively restricted range. The tiny 10 cm Silvereye is an example: most of the southernmost Tasmanian race crosses the 200 miles of Bass Strait after breeding to disperse into Victoria, South Australia, NSW and even southern Queensland, replacing the normal residents who fly still further north, following the band of fertile country along the coast, feeding through the day and travelling mostly at night. The northernmost populations, however, are nomadic rather than migratory, as are the Silvereyes of southern Western Australia, which is bounded by thousands of miles of desert to the north and east, and sea to the south and west.

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Birds, Illinois

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Birds is a village located in Lawrence County, Illinois. As of the 2000 census, the village had a total population of 51.

Geography


Birds is located at 38°50'12" North, 87°40'6" West (38.836617, -87.668467)1. According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of 0.6 km² (0.2 mi²). 0.6 km² (0.2 mi²) of it is land and none of it is covered by water.

Demographics


As of the census of 2000, there are 51 people, 22 households, and 13 families residing in the village. The population density is 89.5/km² (235.6/mi²). There are 22 housing units at an average density of 38.6/km² (101.6/mi²). The racial makeup of the village is 100.00% White, 0.00% African American, 0.00% Native American, 0.00% Asian, 0.00% Pacific Islander, 0.00% from other races, and 0.00% from two or more races. 1.96% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race. There are 22 households out of which 36.4% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 27.3% are married couples living together, 22.7% have a female householder with no husband present, and 40.9% are non-families. 27.3% of all households are made up of individuals and 13.6% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.32 and the average family size is 2.77. In the village the population is spread out with 23.5% under the age of 18, 17.6% from 18 to 24, 21.6% from 25 to 44, 29.4% from 45 to 64, and 7.8% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 37 years. For every 100 females there are 82.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 85.7 males. The median income for a household in the village is $23,438, and the median income for a family is $25,417. Males have a median income of $20,833 versus $10,000 for females. The per capita income for the village is $9,216. 20.0% of the population and 33.3% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total people living in poverty, 29.4% are under the age of 18 and 0.0% are 65 or older.

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Birds, Illinois."

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Extinct birds

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Since 1600, over 100 species of birds have become extinct, and this rate of extinction seems to be increasing. The situation is exemplified by Hawaii, where 30% of all now-extinct species originally lived. Other areas, such as Guam, have also been hard hit; Guam has lost over 60% of its native species in the last 30 years, many of them to imported snakes.

There are today about 10,000 species of birds, and 1186 of them are considered to be under threat of extinction. Except for 11 species, the threat is man-made.

Extinct species

Moas (Dinornithiformes). Large flightless birds on New Zealand, they were already extinct in 1642 when Europeans landed there. The extinction of the moa and its main predator, the Harpagornis, is attributed to the arrival of human settlers around 1000 A.D. New Zealand has no significant indigenous mammal life. The entire animal ecology consisted of birds, with the moas filling the niche of deer or cattle, and the harpagornis filling the niche of the wolf or tiger.

Dodo (Raphus cucullatus, called Didus ineptus by Linnaeus). A meter-high (yard-high) flightless bird on Mauritius. Its forest habitat was lost when Dutch settlers moved to the island and the dodo's nests were destroyed by the rats, pigs, and cats the Dutch brought with them. The last specimen was killed in 1681, only 80 years after the arrival of the new predators. See dodo tree for a dodo-dependent plant species threatened with extinction after another 300 years. Of the 45 bird species originally found on Mauritius, only 21 have escaped extinction.

Rodrigues Solitaire (Pezophaps solitaria). Last seen c.1730.

Mauritius Blue Pigeon (Alectroenas nitidissima). Extinct in 19th century.

Rodrigues Starling (Necropsar rodericanus).

Great Auk (Alca impennis or Pinguinus impennis). At 75 centimeters, the flightless Great Auk was the largest of the auks. It was hunted to extinction for food and down for mattresses. The last pair were killed July 3, 1844.

Labrador Duck (Camptorhynchus labradorius). This eider-like sea duck was never very common. Although it has been hunted for food, it probably died out because of decline of mussels and shellfish due to pollution. The last one was seen at Elmira, New York, in 1878.

Passenger Pigeon (Ectopistes migratorius). The passenger pigeon was once probably the most common bird in the world. It was hunted close to extinction for food and sport in the late 19th century. The last one died in the Cincinnati Zoo in 1914.

Carolina Parakeet (Conuropsis carolinensis). The only parrot native to the eastern US, the Carolina parakeet was hunted to extinction for its plumage and to prevent damage to crops; it also suffered from destruction of its habitat. The last one died in the Cincinnati Zoo in 1918.

Ivory-billed Woodpecker (Campephilus principalis). This 50-centimeter-long woodpecker is officially listed as critically endangered. The last positive sighting was in Cuba in 1987 but a pair was possibly spotted in Louisiana in 1999. The reason of the decline or extinction of this bird is probably loss of habitat.

Bachman's Warbler (Vermivora bachmanii).

Heath Hen (Tympanuchus cupido).

Hawaiian Akialoa (Hemignathus obscurus).

Stephens Island Wren (Traversia lyalli).

Spectacled Cormorant (Phalocrocorax perspicillatus)

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List of birds

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This page lists orders and families of birds, class Aves. The links below should then lead to family accounts and hence to individual species.

Taxonomy is very fluid in the age of DNA analysis, so comments are made where appropriate, and all numbers are approximate. In particular see Sibley-Ahlquist taxonomy for a very different classification.

This article and the descendant family articles follow the taxonomy of the Handbook of Australian, New Zealand and Antarctic Birds (HANZAB)for families largely endemic to that region, and otherwise the Handbook of Birds of the World (HBW).

Paleognathae

The giant flightless Struthioniformes lack a keeled sternum and are collectively known as ratites. Together with the Tinamiformes, they form the Paleognathae (or 'old jaws'), one of the two evolutionary "super orders".

Neognathae

Nearly all living birds belong to the super order of Neognathae— or 'new jaws'. With their keels, unlike the ratites, they are known as carinates. The passerines alone account for well over 5000 species.

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List of fictional birds

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Birds in Legends, Mythology, and Religion

Birds in Literature

Birds in Television

Birds in Animation, Comics, Puppetry

Birds in Film

Birds in Disney cartoons, comics, and films

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Poultry

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Poultry refers to domesticated fowl (birds) used for food or for their eggs. These most typically are members of the orders Galliformes (such as chickens and turkeyss), and Anseriformes (waterfowl such as ducks and geese). The word poultry is often used to refer to the flesh of these birds.

In a more general sense, the word poultry may refer to the flesh of other birds, such as pigeons or doves, or "game" birds like pheasants.

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Poultry."

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Synonyms: BIRDS

Synonyms: Chicks, Nestlings, Pigeons. (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: BIRDS

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Activity

Look sharp; have all one's eyes about one; (vigilance); rise, arouse oneself, hustle, get up early, be about, keep moving, steal a march, kill two birds with one stone; seize the opportunity; lose no time, not lose a moment, make the most of one's time, not suffer the grass to grow under one's feet, improve the shining hour, make short work of; dash off; make haste; do one's best take pains; (exert oneself); do wonders, work wonders.

Prediction

Anthropomancy; by the entrails of fishes, Ichthyomancy; by sacrificial fire, Pyromancy; by red-hot iron, Sideromancy; by smoke from the altar, Capnomancy; by mice, Myomancy; by birds, Orniscopy, Ornithomancy;Anthropomancy; by the entrails of fishes, Ichthyomancy; by sacrificial fire, Pyromancy; by red-hot iron, Sideromancy; by smoke from the altar, Capnomancy; by mice, Myomancy; by birds, Orniscopy, Ornithomancy; by a cock picking up grains, Alectryomancy (or Alectromancy); by fishes, Ophiomancy; by herbs, Botanomancy; by water, Hydromancy; by fountains, Pegomancy; by a wand, Rhabdomancy; by dough of cakes, Crithomancy; by meal, Aleuromancy, Alphitomancy; by salt, Halomancy; by dice, Cleromancy; by arrows, Belomancy; by a balanced hatchet, Axinomancy; by a balanced sieve

Severity

Tyrant, disciplinarian, precisian, martinet, stickler, bashaw, despot, hard master, Draco, oppressor, inquisitor, extortioner, harpy, vulture; accipitres, birds of prey, raptorials, raptors.

Similarity

Analogue; the like; match, pendant, fellow companion, pair, mate, twin, double, counterpart, brother, sister; one's second self, alter ego, chip of the old block, par nobile fratrum, Arcades ambo, birds of a feather, et hoc genus omne; gens de meme famille.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: BIRDS

English words defined with "BIRDS": perching birds ♦ Sand birds, Strand birds. (references)
Specialty definitions using "BIRDS": Birds Of a Feather ♦ Common Birds Census ♦ diurnal birds of prey ♦ Floating birds ♦ JAIL BIRDS ♦ Kill Two Birds with One Stone ♦ Psaphon's Birds ♦ QUEER BIRDS ♦ reared game birds. (references)
Etymologies containing "BIRDS": Ornithoscopy. (references)

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Modern Usage: BIRDS

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Screenplays

You wanna hear something really nutty? I heard of a couple guys who wanna build something called an airplane, you know you get people to go in, and fly around like birds, it's ridiculous, right (Contact; writing credit: Carl Sagan;)

I have to remind myself that some birds weren't meant to be caged (Shawshank Redemption; writing credit: Frank Darabont)

We used to lie out on the sand and let the sun dry us and try to guess the names of the birds singing (Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones; writing credit: George Lucas)

They talk to me, some times we stop and watch the sunset, and look at the birds fly. And sometimes we stop and watch the bird when there aint no birds (Harvey; writing credit: Mary Chase;)

These three are the protectors of New Gotham: the Birds of Prey (Birds of Prey; writing credit: Adam Armus; Nora Kay Foster)

Lyrics

If I could fly like birds on high (Beyond the Sea; performing artist: Bobby Darin)

Why do birds sing so gay ("Why Do Fools Fall in Love"; performing artist: Frankie Lymon & Teenagers)

The birds and bees they hum along (Androgyny; performing artist: Garbage)

But leave me the birds and the bees ("Big Yellow Taxi"; performing artist: Joni Mitchell)

Adieu, Francoise, it's hard to die when all the birds are singing in the sky. Now that spring is in the air (Seasons in the Sun; performing artist: Kingston Trio)

Clever

Those who admire the freedom of birds have never built a nest. (references; author: unknown)

Use what talents you possess. The woods would be very silent if no birds sang there except those that sang best. (references; author: unknown)

You can't prevent the birds of sorrow from flying over your head, but you can prevent them from building their nest on it. (references; author: unknown)

Movie/TV Titles

Bees Do It Birds Do It (1974)

Wataridori: Birds of Passage (1974)

Birds of Prey (1973)

The Liver Birds (1969)

Young People's Concerts: Two Ballet Birds (1969)

Song Titles

The Birds and The Bees (performing artist: Jewel Akens)

BIRDS & THE BEES  (performing artist: Jewel Akens )

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: BIRDS

DomainTitle

References

  • The World Market for Skin and Parts of Birds with Their Feathers or Down; Worked or Processed Feathers or Down; and Articles Thereof Excluding Worked Quills and Scapes: A 2004 Global Trade Perspective (reference)

    (more reference examples)

  

Books

  • The ice-cream cone coot, and other rare birds (reference)

  • Classifying Birds (Classifying Living Things) (reference)

  • Caring for Caged and Aviary Birds: A Practical Family Reference Guide to Keeping Birds, With Expert Advice on Buying, Feeding, Understanding, Breeding, and Exhibiting (reference)

  • The Caged Birds of Phnom Penh (reference)

  • The Ultimate Encyclopedia of Caged & Aviary Birds (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Periodicals

  

Theater & Movies

  

Music

  

High Tech

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Image Slideshow: BIRDS

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Photo Album: BIRDS

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West Nile virus is a flavivirus commonly found in Africa, West Asia, and the Middle East. It is closely related to St. Louis encephalitis virus found in the United States. The virus can infect humans, birds, mosquitoes, horses and some other mammals. Credit: CDC.

No shortage of birds. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

A small flock of domestic ducks near the area of the April 7th Swanson Creek oil spill. Fortunately, these birds were not affected at this time. Credit: America's Coastlines.

An abandoned pound net. These are used to catch fish, but also entraps many turtles and aquatic birds. Credit: America's Coastlines.

Frigate birds (Fragata magnificens). Credit: Fisheries.

Birds! Birds! Birds! Prolific fishing grounds mean large populations of sea birds. Credit: Fisheries.

NOAA's John Iliff and a bird rehabilitator, Lee Fox, introduce a poster created to educate volunteers about how to rescue injured birds. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center.

Scott Gudes prepares to bury a dead pelican. Pelicans are one of the bird species that become entangled in discarded monofilament fishing line. The birds are trapped by the line when it wraps around their legs and can not fly to hunt for food or reach water. Death is prolonged and painful. The monofilament clean up removes line from the roosting sites to protect birds from entanglement. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center.

Estuaries serve as vital nurseries for a wide variety of fishes, shellfishes, and birds. The bellies of these three juvenile fishes are packed full of goodies from the marsh's bounty. Pictured here from top to bottom are young of the year mullet, flounder, and spot, all of which enter North Inlet Estuary in February from their offshore places of birth. Credit: National Estuarine Research Reserve System (NERR).

North Inlet - Winyah Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve. Estuaries are important breeding and feeding areas for a variety of wading birds , including these great (yellow bills) and snowy egrets (black bills) on Pumpkinseed Island in Winyah Bay. Credit: National Estuarine Research Reserve System (NERR).

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Digital Photo Gallery: BIRDS
 

"Birds In a Park" by Swan Yap
Commentary: "Ducks in a Park in London."		"Hungry birds" by Aaron Benson
Commentary: "Hungry birds at a rail station in dallas."

Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers.

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Sounds Captioned with "BIRDS".

PlayCaptionPlayCaption
Birds chirping and cows mooing.Shore birds cawing while waves lap onto the beach.
Tropical birds chirping.Parrot calling with other birds tweeting in the background.
Shore birds cawing while water ripples nearby.Gurgling stream and birds chirping.
Birds chirping.Birds chirping.
Birds chirping and tweeting.Birds chirping.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Familiar Quotations: BIRDS

AuthorQuotation

David Amram

In the spring of 1956, Monk, Elmo Hope, and I went to Central Park after staying up all night playing at a jam session. While I rowed them around the lake in a rented paddle boat, I received my education in what to look for inmusic and life. 'Listen,' Monk said to Elmo, 'we're moving through the waterin 4/4 time and the birds are singing 6/8 to it.' I stopped rowing and listened; I've been listening ever since.

Francis Bacon

Suspicion amongst thoughts are like bats amongst birds, they never fly by twilight.

Isaac Watts

Birds in their little nest agree; and 'Tis a shameful sight, when children of one family fall out, and chide, and fight.

Michel Eyquem De Montaigne

Marriage is like a cage; one sees the birds outside desperate to get in, and those inside desperate to get out.
It [marriage] happens as with cages: the birds without despair to get in, and those within despair of getting out.

Muhammad Ali

Grass grows, birds fly, waves pound the sand. I beat people up.

Robert Burton

Birds of a feather will gather together.

St. Jerome

Even brute beasts and wandering birds do not fall into the same traps or nets twice.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Historic Usage: BIRDS

AuthorDateQuotation

John Locke

1690

The same is to be observed in all birds, (except some domestic ones, where plenty of food excuses the cock from feeding, and taking care of the young brood) whose young needing food in the nest, the cock and hen continue mates, till the young are able to use their wing, and provide for themselves. (Second Treatise of Government)

Communist Manifesto

1848

"True" Socialism appeared to kill these two birds with one stone. (reference)

Treaty of Versailles

1919

Convention of March 19, l902, regarding the protection of birds useful to agriculture. (reference)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Use in Literature: BIRDS

TitleAuthorQuote

Lays of Mystery Imagination and Humour

Carroll, Lewis

All birds of evil omen there Flood with rich Notes the tainted air, The witless wanderer to snare

Life, the Universe and Everything

Douglas Adams

The air was clear and scented, the breeze flitted lightly through the tall grass around his cave, the birds were chirruping at each other, the butterflies were flitting about prettily, and the whole of nature seemed to be conspiring to be as pleasant as it possibly could

Les Miserables

Hugo, Victor

As birds make a nest of anything, children make a doll of no matter what

Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

Joyce, James

And for ages men had gazed upward as he was gazing at birds in flight

Grapes of Wrath

Steinbeck, John

The cotton field scurried with waking life, the quick flutter of morning birds feeding on the ground, the scamper over the clods of disturbed rabbits

Gulliver's Travels

Swift, Jonathan

I asked whether he or the crew had seen any prodigious birds in the air about the time he first discovered me.

Walden

Thoreau, Henry David

Birds do not sing in caves, nor do doves cherish their innocence in dovecots

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Non-Fiction Usage: BIRDS

SubjectTopicQuote

Health

They are neither rodents nor birds. (references)

Infected birds are often asymptomatic. (references)

Snakes, birds, frogs, and fish cannot get rabies. (references)

Business

Domestic production of sporting goods for local sales is concentrated on water skis, surf boards and other watersport equipment; tennis balls; basketballs; fishing rods; fish hooks and fishing tackle/landing nets; butterfly nets; and decoy birds. (references)

Economic History

Philippines

While Japan was the number one source of imports, the bulk of imports were for fishing tackle/landing nets, butterfly nets and decoy birds. (references)

Chad

Home to 120 species of fish and at least that many species of birds, the lake has shrunk dramatically in the last four decades due to the increased water use and low rainfall. (references)

Nigeria

Once the biggest poultry producer in Africa, inefficient corn production, coupled with a corn import ban, slashed output from 40 million birds on feed annually to about six million today. (references)

Trade

Bulgaria

Bulgaria prohibits imports of ozone-depleting products, ivory, rare birds, and other internationally banned products. (references)

Colombia

Resolution 04 of June 12, 1998, issued by the Ministry of Foreign Trade, placed seasoned poultry parts (chicken, turkeys, and other birds) under the "previous" licensing system. (references)

Georgia

The Ministry of Foreign Economic Relations issues licenses for imports of the following items: plant protection chemicals, wild animals, birds, fish, certain kinds of plants and seeds, and industrial by-products. (references)

Travel

Chad

The lake is full of reed beds, floating islands, and is visited in the winter months by migrating birds from Europe, Asia, and other parts of Africa. (references)

Chad

Waza National Park: A large northern Cameroon game park, not far from N'Djamena featuring elephants, giraffes, antelopes, gazelles, warthogs, lions, water fowl and many other varieties of birds. (references)

Lexicography

Devil's Dictionary

PRE-:ADAMITE:, n. One of an experimental and apparently unsatisfactory race of antedated Creation and lived under conditions not easily conceived. Melsius believed them to have inhabited "the Void" and to have been something intermediate between fishes and birds. Little its known of them beyond the fact that they supplied Cain with a wife and theologians with a controversy. PRECEDENT, n. In Law, a previous decision, rule or pr

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Spoken Usage: BIRDS

SpeakerPhrase(s)

Jack Hanna

Right. Right. Right. They look like that, but the tegu is an animal that again, lives a lot of its life looking for eggs and birds.

Sarah Ferguson

Well, I personally wouldn't because I love the sort of, I would love to think that you could go and sit there quietly and listen to the birds and smell the flowers and just be at peace and remember all the people that lost their lives on that day.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: BIRDS

"BIRDS" is generally used as a noun (plural) -- approximately 92.64% of the time. "BIRDS" is used about 5,931 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words		Rank in English
Noun (plural)92.64%5,4941,784
Noun (proper)7.36%43713,188
                    Total100.00%5,931N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Cities: BIRDS


1. Birds, IL (village, FIPS 6080)
Location: 38.83746 N, 87.67081 W
Population (1990): 160 (67 housing units)
Area: 0.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip Code(s): 62415
Country: USA

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Expressions: BIRDS

Expressions using "BIRDS": band of birds ♦ birds and the bees ♦ birds eye view ♦ birds Landing ♦ birds Of a Feather ♦ birds of a feather flock together ♦ birds of one feather ♦ birds of prey ♦ blue birds ♦ breeding of birds ♦ butcher birds ♦ by birds ♦ diurnal birds of prey ♦ fine feathers make fine birds ♦ flock of birds ♦ for the birds ♦ game birds ♦ kill two birds with one stone ♦ king of birds ♦ multitude of birds ♦ nocturnal birds ♦ perching birds ♦ predatory birds ♦ reared game birds ♦ resident birds ♦ sand birds ♦ shore birds ♦ strand birds. Additional references.

Hyphenated Usage

Beginning with "BIRDS": birds-earth-brim, birds-eye, birds-foot, birds-parrots, birds-wiv-their-jugs-aht.

Ending with "BIRDS": humming-birds, love-birds, sea-birds, Swim-two-birds, water-birds.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: BIRDS

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

bird birds.lost cockatoo found macaws parrot stolen

4

birds.com bob northern quail white

2

birds.com cockatoo

2

birds.com ostrich

2
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Modern Translation: BIRDS

Language Translations for "BIRDS"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

me një gur vras dy zogj (kill two birds with one stone). (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏الطيورالجوارح (predatory birds), ‏إصطاد عصفورين بحجر واحد (kill, kill two birds with one stone). (various references)

   

Chinese 

  

鸟 (Avian, Bird), 禽類 (bird species), 禽 (fowl). (various references)

   

Czech

  

zabít dvì mouchy jednou ranou (kill two birds with one stone). (various references)

   

Danish

  

fugle. (various references)

   

Dutch

  

vogelwereld (avifauna, bird fauna), vogelstand, gevogelte (fowl, poultry). (various references)

   

Esperanto

  

birdaro. (various references)

   

Finnish

  

vakka kantensa valitsee (birds of a feather flock together, like will to like), rakkauspapukaija (love birds), moni on kakku päältä kaunis (fine feathers do not always make fine birds), lintutuho (bird damage, damage caused by birds), lintuparvi (flock of birds), lintujen aiheuttama tuho (bird damage, damage caused by birds), linnunlaulu (song of birds), laululintujen siemenet (bird seed for song birds, bird seed for songsters). (various references)

   

French

  

oiseaux. (various references)

   

German

  

Voegel, Vögel, Geflügel (fowl, poultry). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

πτηνά. (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

מראה ממעוף הצפור (birds eye view). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

rossz duma, pimpós vaker, mellébeszélés (circumlocution, crap, equivocation), hülye duma (bilge, hoo-ha), fészken maradó madarak (resident birds), fészkelő madarak (resident birds), égi madarak (birds of the air), ég madarai (birds of the air). (various references)

   

Italian

  

uccelli. (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

鳥類 , 禽鳥 . (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

きんちょう (legally protected bird, listening attentively, mental strain, nervousness, tension), ちょうるい. (various references)

   

Korean 

  

새 (Bird). (various references)

   

Manx

  

ein. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

irdsbay.(various references)

   

Portuguese

  

pássaros, aves. (various references)

   

Romanian

  

pãsãrime, pãsãret. (various references)

   

Russian 

  

одного поля ягода (birds of a feather). (various references)

   

Scottish

  

bruchlas (the fluttering of birds going to rest), stear (a pole to kill birds with), isean (a chicken, chick, chicken, young of birds and), gur (at your, brood of birds, festering, hatching, precedes n. and adj. beginning in con., that), gànraich (roaring noise as of billows or birds), eunach (fowling, shooting birds), ceileir (chirping of birds). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

aves (fowl, poultry). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

fåglar. (various references)

   

Thai

  

การสืบพันธุ์ของมนุษย์ (คำเลี่ยงในการพูดถึงเรื่องเพศสัมพันธ์) (birds and the bees), คนแบบเดียวกันต้องอยู่ด้วยกัน (Birds of a feather flock together). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

bir taşla iki kuş vurmak (kill two birds with one stone), ye kürküm ye (fine feathers make fine birds), tencere yuvarlanmış kapağını bulmuş (birds of a feather flock together), saçma (absurd, applesauce, balls, baloney, blind, boloney, bunk, bunkum, chimerical, claptrap, cockeyed, dissemination, eradiation, fantastic, fantastical, farcical, fatuous, fiddle, fiddle-de-dee, fiddlesticks, foolish, for the birds, froth, frothy, fudge, go on, hog-wash, hooey, impertinent, inane, incongruous, inept, irrational, jabber wocky, kibosh, laugh, malarkey, nonsense, nonsensical, outlandish, paltry, pointless, poppycock, raving, rhubarb, rot, scattering, senseless, shot, shucks, skittles, small shot, smearcase, sorry, spinach, stuff, tommyrot, tosh, trash, trifling, tripe, trivial, trumpery, unreasonable, wacky, waffle, whacky), kartal (eagle, king of birds), cinsel konular (birds and the bees), anlamsız (absurd, barren, blank, dead pan, empty, expressionless, for the birds, frivolous, grotesque, inane, incoherent, inept, inexpressive, insane, insignificant, meaningless, nonsense, nonsensical, of no significance, pointless, purposeless, ridiculous, senseless, sodden, unmeaning, unreasonable, vacuous, vain, yeasty). (various references)

   

Welsh

  

adara (catch birds, fowl). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: BIRDS

LanguagePeriodTranslations
Latin500 BCE-Modern

Aves, pennipotenti, volante, volantem, volantes, volantis. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Bible Trace: BIRDS

LanguageDateSourceMatthew Chapter 8, Verse 20
Greek (transliterated)250 BCSeptuagintKai legei autw o ihsouV ai alwpekeV fwleouV ecousin kai ta peteina tou ouranou kataskhnwseiV o de uioV tou anqrwpou ouk ecei pou thn kefalhn klinh
Latin405VulgateEt dicit ei Iesus vulpes foveas habent et volucres caeli tabernacula Filius autem hominis non habet ubi caput reclinet
Old English990West SaxonÐa cweð se hælend to hym. Foxashæbbeð holo. & heofene fugeles nyst. soðlicemannes sune næfð hwær he hys heafod änhelde.
Middle English1395WyclifAnd Jhesus seide to hym, Foxis han dennes, and briddis of heuene han nestis, but mannus sone hath not where `he schal reste his heed.
Renaissance English1526TyndaleAnd Iesus sayd vnto him: the foxes have holes and the bryddes of the ayer have nestes but ye sonne of the man hath not whero to rest his heede.
Jacobean English1611King JamesAnd Jesus saith unto him, The foxes have holes, and the birds of the air have nests; but the Son of man hath not where to lay his head.
Victorian English1833WebsterAnd Jesus saith to him, The foxes have holes, and the birds of the air have nests; but the Son of man hath not where to lay his head.
Basic English1964OgdenAnd Jesus said to him, The foxes have holes, and the birds of heaven have a resting-place; but the Son of man has nowhere to put his head.

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Matched Bible Translations: BIRDS

LanguageMatthew Chapter 8, Verse 20
CebuanoKaniya si Jesus mitubag nga nag-ingon, "Ang mga milo adunay kalobluban, ug ang mga langgam sa kalangitan adunay kabatugan; apan ang Anak sa Tawo walay dapit nga kapahulayan sa iyang ulo."
CroatianKaže mu Isus: "Lisice imaju jazbine i ptice nebeske gnijezda, a Sin Èovjeèji nema gdje bi glavu naslonio."
DanishOg Jesus siger til ham: "Ræve have Huler, og Himmelens Fugle Reder; men Menneskesønnen har ikke det, hvortil han kan hælde sit Hoved."
DutchEn Jezus zeide tot hem: De vossen hebben holen, en de vogelen des hemels nesten; maar de Zoon des mensen heeft niet, waar Hij het hoofd nederlegge.
FinnishNiin Jeesus sanoi hänelle: "Ketuilla on luolat ja taivaan linnuilla pesät, mutta Ihmisen Pojalla ei ole, mihin hän päänsä kallistaisi".
GermanJesus sagt zu ihm: Die Füchse haben Gruben, und die Vögel unter dem Himmel haben Nester; aber des Menschen Sohn hat nicht, da er sein Haupt hin lege.
Haitian CreoleJezi reponn li: Chat mawon gen twou yo. Zwezo k'ap vole nan syèl la gen nich yo. Men, Moun Bondye voye nan lachè a pa gen kote pou l' poze tèt li.
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hariYesus menjawab, "Serigala punya liang, dan burung punya sarang, tetapi Anak Manusia tidak punya tempat berbaring."
Indonesian-Terjemahan LamaMaka kata Yesus kepadanya, "Bagi serigala ada lubangnya, dan bagi segala burung pun ada sarangnya, tetapi Anak manusia tiada bertempat hendak membaringkan kepala-Nya."
Manx GaelicAs dooyrt Yeesey rish, Ta tuill ec ny shynnee, as idd ec eeanlee yn aer, agh cha vel ec mac y dooinney wheesh boayl aaght son e chione.
MaoriA ka mea a Ihu ki a ia, He rua o nga pokiha, he kowhanga o nga manu o te rangi; tena ko te Tama a te tangata, kahore ona wahi e takoto ai tona matenga.
NorwegianOg Jesus sa til ham: Revene har huler, og himmelens fugler reder; men Menneskesønnen har ikke det han kan helle sitt hode til.
PortugueseRespondeu-lhe Jesus: As raposas têm covis, e as aves do céu têm ninhos; mas o Filho do homem não tem onde reclinar a cabeça.   
RumanianIsus i -a rqspuns: ,,Vulpile au vizuini, wi pqsqrile cerului au cuiburi; dar Fiul omului n`are unde-Wi odihni capul.``
ShuarTutai Jesus Tímiayi "Kujanchmasha ni waarin takaktsuk. Chinkisha pasunken takaktsuk. Tura Wi Yúsnumiaitiatan tepestiniur atsawai."
SwahiliYesu akamjibu, "Mbweha wana mapango, na ndege wana viota; lakini Mwana wa Mtu hana mahali pa kupumzikia."
SwedishDå svarade Jesus honom: "Rävarna hava kulor, och himmelens fåglar hava nästen; men Människosonen har ingen plats där han kan vila sitt huvud."
UmaYesus mpotompoi' -i, na'uli': "Bangko' ria pulo'u-ra, pai' danci ria peta-ra. Aga Aku' Ana' Manusia', uma-kuna ria tomi-ku kupoturui."

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Derivations & Misspellings: BIRDS

Derivations

Words beginning with "BIRDS": birdseed, birdseeds, birdseye, birdseyes, birdshot, birdshots, birdsong, birdsongs. (additional references)

Words ending with "BIRDS": bellbirds, blackbirds, bluebirds, bowerbirds, catbirds, cedarbirds, cowbirds, fatbirds, firebirds, hangbirds, hummingbirds, jailbirds, jaybirds, kingbirds, ladybirds, lovebirds, lyrebirds, mockingbirds, oilbirds, ovenbirds, railbirds, rainbirds, redbirds, reedbirds, ricebirds, riflebirds, seabirds, shorebirds, snakebirds, snowbirds, songbirds, sunbirds, surfbirds, tailorbirds, thunderbirds, waterbirds, wattlebirds, weaverbirds, whirlybirds, yardbirds. (additional references)


Misspellings

"BIRDS" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: bardes, Bidds, bidri, bidry, birde, birdsy, birdy, birrd, birs, boids, Bordj, bords, brids, Burdass, Burdess, Burdis, Byards, byrd, byrde, irds. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "BIRDS"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "BIRDS" (pronounced ber"dz)
3-er" d zgirds, herds, nerds, thirds, words.

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: BIRDS

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: dribs.

Words within the letters "b-d-i-r-s"

-1 letter: bids, bird, bris, dibs, drib, ribs, rids.

-2 letters: bid, bis, dib, dis, ids, rib, rid, sib, sir, sri.

-3 letters: bi, id, is, si.

 Words containing the letters "b-d-i-r-s"
 

+1 letter: biders, braids, brides, debris, disbar, rebids.

 

+2 letters: abiders, begirds, bestrid, bidders, binders, birders, birdies, bistred, borides, braised, briards, bridals, bridges, bridles, brisked, bromids, bruised, burdies, darbies, derbies, dibbers, disbars, disrobe, disturb, forbids, hybrids, inbreds, midribs, rebinds, ribalds, ribands, scribed, seabird, sidebar, subarid, sunbird, verbids.

 

+3 letters: abridges, ambroids, ascribed, baldrics, barmaids, bawdrics, bawdries, bedrails, bestride, bidarkas, birdings, birdseed, birdseye, birdshot, birdsong, bistered, blinders, boudoirs, braiders, brandies, brandish, bridlers, bridoons, brigades, brigands, brindles, bristled, broadish, broiders, bromides, builders, carabids, carbides, catbirds, cowbirds, curbside, daubries, debrides, debriefs, debruise, deorbits, describe, dibblers, dirtbags, disburse, disrobed, disrober, disrobes, disturbs, dribbles, driblets, fatbirds, fibroids, inboards, inbreeds, jaybirds, labroids, misbrand, oilbirds, overbids, prebinds, rebodies, rebuilds, redbaits, redbirds, ribbands, seabirds, sidebars, snowbird, songbird, subacrid, subsider, sunbirds, surfbird, tribades, unbraids, upbraids.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Modern 		5. Usage: Commercial
6. Images: Slideshow
7. Images: Photo Album
8. Images: Digital Art 		9. Sounds
10. Quotations: Familiar
11. Quotations: Historic
12. Quotations: Fiction 		13. Quotations: Non-fiction
14. Quotations: Spoken
15. Usage Frequency
16. Cities 		17. Expressions
18. Expressions: Internet
19. Translations: Modern
20. Translations: Ancient 		21. Bible Trace
22. Derivations
23. Rhymes
24. Anagrams 		25. Bibliography


  

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