Bird-headed

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Having a bird’s head, especially of a mythological figure. not-comparable

    "a bird-headed statue"

  2. 2
    Having a birth defect (Seckel syndrome) resulting in a head with a large nose, weakly developed chin, receding brow, and small cranial cavity. historical, not-comparable

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"The ithyphallic condition of the bird-headed man, associated as he is with a magical staff with a bird on top of it, can then be seen in a context in which precisely those images do have meaning."

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