avian
of or relating to birds.
Origin of avian
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How to use avian in a sentence
Ornithologists and other bird experts across the country agree that cleaning your feeder several times a week and maintaining the ground below can help your avian neighbors stay healthy.
Your dirty bird feeder could be spreading disease | Melissa Hart | February 9, 2021 | Washington PostShe ushered me into a covid-free realm of sycamores, sparrows and sky — my surrogate city, with interspecies theater and avian symphonies.
How a sickly squirrel offered me unexpected comfort | Pam Spritzer | February 8, 2021 | Washington PostIn December, Japan suffered its worst avian flu outbreak on record, which led to the culling of 5 million chickens.
How China Could Change the World by Taking Meat Off the Menu | Charlie Campbell/Shanghai | January 22, 2021 | TimeHis daughter, Hildegarde, became an avian paleontologist, expert in the fossilized birds found in the La Brea Tar Pits.
For model and actress Audrey Munson, a long and tragic final chapter | John Kelly | January 13, 2021 | Washington PostWhat you saw with avian influenza was a direct consequence of how much poultry was being produced to feed people.
The Man Who Saw the Pandemic Coming - Issue 94: Evolving | Kevin Berger | December 30, 2020 | Nautilus
“Vicious pecking, avian hysteria, mysterious deaths, and even cannibalism” are the results, he writes.
The History of the Chicken: How This Humble Bird Saved Humanity | William O’Connor | December 27, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThere are so many avian-influenza people that are involved in this effort.
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.
It seemed to be inspecting them as a smaller avian might inspect a bug crawling across a road.
The Onslaught from Rigel | Fletcher PrattPerhaps sir can inform inquirer, in such case, what is curious avian object?
The Onslaught from Rigel | Fletcher PrattMyology and serology of the avian Family Fringillidae, a taxonomic study.
Fishes of Chautauqua, Cowley and Elk Counties, Kansas | Artie L. MetcalfThe large grey shrikes add the clamour of their courtship to the avian chorus.
A Bird Calendar for Northern India | Douglas DewarThus on the 1st of May the avian population of India is less by many millions than it was at the beginning of April.
A Bird Calendar for Northern India | Douglas Dewar
British Dictionary definitions for avian
/ (ˈeɪvɪən) /
of, relating to, or resembling a bird
Origin of avian
1Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Scientific definitions for avian
[ ā′vē-ən ]
Relating to birds.
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