adj, noun, slang ·Moderate ·High school level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A bird.
2. 2
   A bird-like or flying creature.
3. 3
   Someone who roleplays or describes themselves as being a bird or bird-like animal character with human characteristics. slang

Adjective

1. 1
   Characteristic of or pertaining to birds, or to bird-like or flying creatures. not-comparable

Adjective

1. 1
   pertaining to or characteristic of birds wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

birdlikebirdaltricialanserineanserousaquiline

Example

More examples

"Avian medicine - diagnosis and treatment of illnesses."

Etymology

From Latin avis (“bird”) + -ian.

Related phrases

avian dinosauravian fluavian influenzaavian ingestionnon-avian

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