Vocabulary : Birdlike to Bird's-foot

Birdlike : Resembling a bird.
Birdlime : An extremely adhesive viscid substance, usually made of the middle bark of the holly, by boiling, fermenting, and cleansing it. When a twig is smeared with this substance it will hold small birds which may light upon it. Hence: Anything which insnares. ;; To smear with birdlime; to catch with birdlime; to insnare.
Birdling : A little bird; a nestling.
Birdman : A fowler or birdcatcher. ;; An aviator; airman.
Bird's nest : Alt. of Bird's-nest

Bird's-beak : A molding whose section is thought to resemble a beak.
Birdseed : Canary seed, hemp, millet or other small seeds used for feeding caged birds.
Bird's-eye : Seen from above, as if by a flying bird; embraced at a glance; hence, general; not minute, or entering into details; as, a bird's-eye view. ;; Marked with spots resembling bird's eyes; as, bird's-eye diaper; bird's-eye maple. ;; A plant with a small bright flower, as the Adonis or pheasant's eye, the mealy primrose (Primula farinosa), and species of Veronica, Geranium, etc.
Bird's-eye maple : See under Maple.
Bird's-foot : A papilionaceous plant, the Ornithopus, having a curved, cylindrical pod tipped with a short, clawlike point.

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