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birdlike

[burd-lahyk] / ˈbɜrdˌlaɪk /


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But Peggy Johnson, CEO of Agility Robotics, wants people to know that today’s bipedal robots with powerful birdlike legs go way beyond “back flips and making coffee.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026

It was probably the drone on the vibraphone and the birdlike chirping on flutes that induced me into a trance.

From New York Times ● Mar. 6, 2024

The researchers identified them as the birdlike raptor Citipes elegans; both lacked growth marks on the bones and so were probably less than 1 year old, weighing as much as a modern-day turkey.

From Science Magazine ● Dec. 7, 2023

But not one that the Merlin bird-song identification app from Cornell Lab of Ornithology picks up, as birdlike as it may sound.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 18, 2023

A long, birdlike scream overpowered the ghostly chorus of moans, starting at one side of the house, passing overhead, and finally fading.

From "Fablehaven" by Brandon Mull


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