avian
- of or relating to birds.
Origin of avian
Related Words for avian
floating, aerial, soaring, express, mobile, fleet, drifting, gliding, waving, streaming, flapping, winging, mercurial, speedy, aeronautical, airborne, avian, volant, volarExamples from the Web for avian
Contemporary Examples of avian
“Vicious pecking, avian hysteria, mysterious deaths, and even cannibalism” are the results, he writes.
You were commended after the avian flu pandemic for your ability to forge such close friendships with international leaders.
These men are like avian pied pipers" who lure problem birds out of the trees and "send them spiraling over the sloughs.
This is a worrisome phenomenon, especially as major health threats like avian and swine flu grow in importance.
Now comes the perfect storm of avian, swine, and human flu, just in time for a national health plan.
Historical Examples of avian
The field of avian ecology in Micronesia has barely been scratched.
The Avifauna of Micronesia, Volume 3Rollin H. Baker
The Marshall Islands have received no avian components from Melanesia.
The Avifauna of Micronesia, Volume 3Rollin H. Baker
All the colours of the rainbow appear in our avian population.
Glimpses of Indian BirdsDouglas Dewar
This condition represents the last stage in the evolution of the Avian wing.
Birds in FlightW. P. Pycraft
Your mind, what there is of it, is whirling with avian expectations.
The Wonderful VisitHerbert George Wells
avian
- of, relating to, or resembling a bird
Word Origin for avian
Word Origin and History for avian
avian
(ā′vē-ən)- Of, relating to, or characteristic of birds.
avian
- Relating to birds.