unbirdlike
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Adjective
[edit]unbirdlike (comparative more unbirdlike, superlative most unbirdlike)
- Not birdlike.
- Synonym: unavian
- 1907, Barbara Baynton, edited by Sally Krimmer and Alan Lawson, Human Toll (Portable Australian Authors: Barbara Baynton), St Lucia: University of Queensland Press, published 1980, page 136:
- Boshy, elated, improvised a series of unbirdlike notes, startlingly loud, and new to all feathered folk.