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birdlike

[ burd-lahyk ]

/ ˈbɜrdˌlaɪk /

SEE SYNONYMS FOR birdlike

adjective

having the appearance or characteristics of a bird, as quickness, lightness, fragility, etc.: birdlike gestures.

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Origin of birdlike

First recorded in 1580–90; bird + -like

OTHER WORDS FROM birdlike

un·bird·like, adjective

Words nearby birdlike

bird grass, birdhouse, birdie, birding, bird in the hand, birdlike, birdlime, bird louse, birdman, bird-nesting, bird of ill omen

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Example sentences from the Web for birdlike

Alma Hitchcock, the times I saw her, was a frail, birdlike woman who looked angry about her infirmity.
Alfred Hitchcock’s Fade to Black: The Great Director’s Final Days|David Freeman|December 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Her ears burned like fire, and her bright, birdlike eyes were round and scared.
The Dop Doctor|Clotilde Inez Mary Graves
Its distinguishing variation was a somewhat wider bulge in the forward part of its birdlike body.
On the Edge of the Arctic|Harry Lincoln Sayler
He has a squeaky whistle and a birdlike call, each of which it is difficult to describe.
The Rocky Mountain Wonderland|Enos A. Mills

She laughed in turn, and fluttered her small hands in her delightful, birdlike way.
The Diary of a Saint|Arlo Bates
But Turnbull being of a more active and birdlike type of mind did throw a glance round the scene.
The Ball and The Cross|G.K. Chesterton

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