bird
Example Sentences
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Birdwatcher Tony Paintin said: "It was quite a striking bird, about the size of a greenshank and it's got very long yellow legs."
From BBC • Jul. 2, 2026
This avian bystander may have recognized a fellow bird of prey in Coriolanus, whose role in the Roman ecosystem is necessary yet not fit for all purposes in a young democracy beset with growing pains.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 1, 2026
Several other college buildings also have boxes and at the North-West Cambridge development at Eddington, more than 200 bird boxes have been installed and a number of those are for swifts.
From BBC • Jun. 30, 2026
Pittsburgh Pirate Casey Stengel flipping a bird —from under his cap—before a hostile Ebbets Field crowd in 1919.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 29, 2026
You may also think that a pleasant-looking bird would have an agreeable nature, and that may be true.
From "The Very, Very Far North" by Dan Bar-el
Vocabulary lists containing bird
Animals (Zoology) - Introductory
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