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   Bird

   /bərd/

   

   noun

   • 1. a warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrate distinguished by the possession of feathers, wings, and a beak and (typically) by being able to fly.
   • ▪ a bird that is hunted for sport or used for food: "carve the bird at the dinner table"
   • ▪ an aircraft, spacecraft, satellite, or guided missile: informal North American "the crews worked frantically to ready their birds for flight"
   • 2. a person of a specified kind or character: informal "I'm a pretty tough old bird"
   • 3. a young woman or a girlfriend. informal British

   Word Origin Old Englishbrid ‘chick, fledgling’, of unknown origin.

   Scrabble Points: 7

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   • I

     1

   • R

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