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• bird of Juno — noun very large terrestrial southeast Asian pheasant often raised as an ornamental bird • Syn: ↑peafowl • Hypernyms: ↑pheasant • Hyponyms: ↑peachick, ↑pea chick, ↑peacock, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

• Bird in Space — in the New National Gallery in Berlin, Germany Bird in Space (L Oiseau dans l espace) is a series of sculptures by Constantin Brâncuşi, a Romanian sculptor. The original work was created in 1923. It was sold in 2005 for $27.5 million, at the time …   Wikipedia

• bird — birdless, adj. /berrd/, n. 1. any warm blooded vertebrate of the class Aves, having a body covered with feathers, forelimbs modified into wings, scaly legs, a beak, and no teeth, and bearing young in a hard shelled egg. 2. a fowl or game bird. 3 …   Universalium

• Bird — /berrd/, n. Larry, born 1956, U.S. basketball player. * * * I Any of the warm blooded, beaked vertebrates of the class Aves, including more than 9,600 living species. A covering of feathers distinguishes birds from all other animals. Birds have a …   Universalium

• Bird's eye chili — For a similar variety of Capsicum frutescens better known as peri peri, see African birdseye. Several Bird s eye chilis on a shrub Bird s Eye Heat …   Wikipedia

• bird-of-paradise — /berrd euhv par euh duys , duyz /, n., pl. birds of paradise. 1. Also called bird of paradise flower. any of several plants of the genus Strelitzia, native to southern Africa, esp. S. reginae, having a large, showy orange and blue inflorescence.… …   Universalium

• Bird Park — Francis William Bird Park is an 89 acre landscaped and waterscaped park in East Walpole, Massachusetts. The Trustees of Reservations owns and maintains the park.Over three miles (5 km) of walking and biking paths wind through the park, traversing …   Wikipedia

• bird of paradise — noun 1. a tropical flowering shrub having bright orange or red flowers; sometimes placed in genus Poinciana • Syn: ↑poinciana, ↑Caesalpinia gilliesii, ↑Poinciana gilliesii • Hypernyms: ↑flowering shrub • Member Holonyms: ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

• bird-of-paradise — | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷(ˌ) ̷ ̷ noun or bird of paradise flower Etymology: bird of paradise 1. : an ornamental bananalike plant (Strelitzia reginae) having scapes of orange and purple flowers suggestive of a bird 2. : a poinciana ( …   Useful english dictionary

• bird's-tongue — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun (plural bird s tongues) Etymology: so called from the shape of the leaves 1. : joint grass 1 2. : scarlet pimpernel 3. : a common European maple (Acer …   Useful english dictionary

• bird-of-paradise — noun Date: circa 1884 an ornamental plant (Strelitzia reginae of the family Strelitziaceae) native to southern Africa that has scapes terminating in a horizontal bract from which emerges an upright flower having three orange or yellow sepals and… …   New Collegiate Dictionary