Bird n. 1.Orig., a chicken; the young of a fowl; a young eaglet; a nestling; and hence, a feathered flying animal (see 2). "That ungentle gull, the cuckoo's bird." "The brydds (birds) of the aier have nestes."
2.(Zool.) A warm-blooded, feathered vertebrate provided with wings. See Aves. 3.Specifically, among sportsmen, a game bird.
4.Fig.: A girl; a maiden. "And by my word! the bonny bird In danger shall not tarry."
Arabian bird, the phenix.
Bird of Jove, the eagle.
Bird of Juno, the peacock.
Bird louse (Zool.), a wingless insect of the group Mallophaga, of which the genera and species are very numerous and mostly parasitic upon birds. Bird mite (Zool.), a small mite (genera Dermanyssus, Dermaleichus and allies) parasitic upon birds. The species are numerous.
Bird of passage, a migratory bird.
Bird spider (Zool.), a very large South American spider (Mygale avicularia). It is said sometimes to capture and kill small birds.
Bird tick (Zool.), a dipterous insect parasitic upon birds (genus Ornithomyia, and allies), usually winged.
Juno n. (pl. junos) 1.(Rom. Myth.) The queen of the Olympian gods, the sister and wife of Jupiter, and the goddess who presided over marriage. She corresponds to the Greek Hera. "Sweeter than the lids of Juno's eyes."
2.(Astron.) One of the early discovered asteroids.
Bird of Juno, the peacock.
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