birdlike
adjective
having the appearance or characteristics of a bird, as quickness, lightness, fragility, etc..
unbirdlike
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a word derived from
birdlike.
Example Sentences
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"Bub-loo, bub-loo maroo," he says over and over again in unbirdlike tone, without emphasis or lilt.
From Confessions of a Beachcomber by E. J. (Edmund James) Banfield
There are a number of natural sounds that resemble more or less closely the most unbirdlike note of this warbler—cicada, rattlesnake, and some batrachians.
From Birds in Town and Village by W. H. (William Henry) Hudson
It was evidently as big or bigger than a barn owl, and, to his practised eye, its flight and particularly the misty whirl of its wings must have seemed weirdly unbirdlike.
From The Food of the Gods and How It Came to Earth by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells
