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nestling; and hence, a feathered flying animal (see 2). That ungentle gull, the cuckoo's bird. Shak. The brydds [birds] of the aier have nestes. Tyndale (Matt. viii. 20).

A cage for confining birds.

A shrub (Prunus Padus ) found in Northern and Central Europe. It bears small black cherries.

One who takes pleasure in rearing or collecting rare or curious birds.

The name of several very beautiful birds of the genus Paradisea and allied genera, inhabiting New Guinea and the adjacent islands. The males have brilliant colors, elegant plumes, and often remarkable tail feathers.

A species of capsicum (Capsicum baccatum), whose small, conical, coral-red fruit is among the most piquant of all red peppers.

The nest in which a bird lays eggs and hatches her young.

A molding whose section is thought to resemble a beak.

Seen from above, as if by a flying bird; embraced at a glance; hence, generalas, a bird's-eye view.

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nt, the Ornithopus, having a curved, cylindrical pod tipped with a short, clawlike point. Bird's-foot trefoil. (Bot.) (a) A genus of plants (Lotus) with clawlike pods. L. corniculatas, with yellow flowers, is very common in Great Britain.

An interior acrow's-foot in the United States.

Hunting for, or taking, birds' nests or their contents.

The knotgrass (Polygonum aviculare).

Quick-sighted; catching a glance as one goes.

Flighty; passing rapidly from one subject to another; not having the faculty of attention. Bacon.

A short blunt arrow for killing birds without piercing them. Hence: Anything which smites without penetrating. Shak.

A sound made in imitation of the note or cry of a bird for the purpose of decoying the bird or its mate.

One whose employment it is to catch birds; a fowler.

The art, act, or occupation or catching birds or wild fowls.