birdlike

See also: bird-like

English

Alternative forms

• bird-like

Etymology

From bird +‎ -like.

Adjective

birdlike (comparative more birdlike, superlative most birdlike)

1. Similar to a bird or an aspect of a bird; reminiscent of birds; avian.

   a birdlike song; birdlike eyes

   • 1898, H.G. Wells, The War of the Worlds, London: William Heinemann, page 237:

     Once or twice I heard a faint pitter-patter like the feet of the dog going hither and thither on the sand far below me, and there were more bird-like sounds, but that was all.

   • 2012, The Onion Book of Known Knowledge, page 82:

     Frail, birdlike wrists and no muscle anywhere on his tiny frame.

Derived terms

• birdlikeness
• unbirdlike

 

Translations

similar to a bird

• Greek: πτηνόμορφος (el) (ptinómorfos)
• Hungarian: madárszerű
• Manx: ushagoil
• Welsh: aderynnaidd

See also

• volucrine

Adverb

birdlike (comparative more birdlike, superlative most birdlike)

1. (postpositive) In the manner of a bird; as, to fly.

Hyponyms

• turkey-like

Translations

in the manner of a bird

• Dutch: vogelachtig

Anagrams

• Kilbride