bird of passage : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: bird of passage	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for bird of passage
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
bird of passage n someone who leads a wandering unsettled life [syn: wanderer, roamer, rover, bird of passage] any bird that migrates seasonally
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bird \Bird\ (b[etil]rd), n. [OE. brid, bred, bird, young bird, bird, AS. bridd young bird. [root]92.] 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. --Shak. The brydds [birds] of the aier have nestes. --Tyndale (Matt. viii. 20). 2. (Zo[94]l.) 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. --Campbell. {Arabian bird}, the phenix. {Bird of Jove}, the eagle. {Bird of Juno}, the peacock. {Bird louse} (Zo[94]l.), a wingless insect of the group Mallophaga, of which the genera and species are very numerous and mostly parasitic upon birds. -- Bird mite (Zo[94]l.), a small mite (genera {Dermanyssus}, {Dermaleichus} and allies) parasitic upon birds. The species are numerous. {Bird of passage}, a migratory bird. {Bird spider} (Zo[94]l.), a very large South American spider ({Mygale avicularia}). It is said sometimes to capture and kill small birds. {Bird tick} (Zo[94]l.), a dipterous insect parasitic upon birds (genus {Ornithomyia}, and allies), usually winged.