birdlike

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

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 6, 2025

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

They giggled, and Tornait answered their high birdlike voices from inside her hood.

From "Julie of the Wolves" by Jean Craighead George