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birdlike

[burd-lahyk] / ˈbɜrdˌlaɪk /


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Its main business is running and lifestyle shoes marked by a simple birdlike logo — the letter “A” turned sideways — that range from $80 to more than $200.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 24, 2026

An abbreviation of Archaeopteryx, a birdlike dinosaur, it started out making climbing harnesses.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 6, 2025

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

He was followed by a man and a woman who looked to be in their midsixties, fragile and birdlike in their movements.

From "When Dimple Met Rishi" by Sandhya Menon




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