- plural of bird.
birds
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Some scientists argue that modern birds are descended from the dinosaurs.
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Of the stations managed by state-owned companies, York Station recorded 608 birds shot between January 2025 and April of this year - 152 of them on a single day.
From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026
Humans domesticated the birds and used them as messengers and as food for thousands of years.
From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026
Rob Loft, of Yor-Pest Control, said he tended to "steer clear" of shooting the birds but "in tricky places, for public health, it's got to be done".
From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026
So birds adapted for tropical forests use different acoustic building blocks, or motifs, to those from temperate regions.
From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026
In seven days the only creatures Torak had encountered were birds and voles .and once, with heart-stopping suddenness, a hunting party: three men, two women and a dog.
From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver
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