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Any one of two or three species of Australian birds of the genus Menura. The male is remarkable for having the sixteen tail feathers very long and, when spread, arranged in the form of a lyre. The common lyre bird (Menura superba), inhabiting New South Wales, is about the size of a grouse. Its general color is brown, with rufous color on the throat, wings, tail coverts and tail. Called also lyre pheasant and lyre-tail.
An Asiatic bird (Gracula musica), allied to the starlings. It is black, with a white spot on the wings, and a pair of flat yellow wattles on the head. It is often tamed and taught to pronounce words.
See Whidan bird.
Any one of several species of finchlike birds belonging to the genus Vidua, native of Asia and Africa. In the breeding season the male has very long, drooping tail feathers. Called also vida finch, whidah finch, whydah bird, whydah finch, widow bird, and widow finch.
An Australian bird (Ptilonorhynchus violaceus / holosericeus), allied to the starling, which constructs singular bowers or playhouses of twigs and decorates them with bright-colored objects; the satin bird.
Any aquatic bird; a water fowl.
Any swimming bird frequenting the sea; a sea fowl.
A small singing bird of the Finch family (Serinus Canarius), a native of the Canary Islands. It was brought to Europe in the 16th century, and made a household pet. It generally has a yellowish body with the wings and tail greenish, but in its wild state it is more frequently of gray or brown color. It is sometimes called canary finch.
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The act or fact of coming into life, or of being born; -- generally applied to human beings; as, the birth of a son.
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Lineage; extraction; descent; sometimes, high birth; noble extraction.
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Any right, privilege, or possession to which a person is entitled by birth, such as an estate descendible by law to an heir, or civil liberty under a free constitution; esp. the rights or inheritance of the first born.
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Some peculiar mark or blemish on the body at birth.
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The day of the month in which a person was born, in whatever succeeding year it may recur; the anniversary of one's birth.
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The act of bringing forth; as, she had two children at a birth.
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Origin; beginning; as, the birth of an empire.
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The land of one's birth; one's inheritance.
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The town, city, or country, where a person is born; place of origin or birth, in its more general sense.
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Of or pertaining to the day of birth, or its anniversary; as, birthday gifts or festivities.
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