单词 | birdlike |
释义 | > as lemmasbirdlike birdlike adj. resembling a bird in appearance or behaviour. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > [adjective] > resembling birdlike1587 birdy1835 ornithoid1847 ornithomorphic1887 1587 Sir P. Sidney & A. Golding tr. P. de Mornay Trewnesse Christian Relig. xvii. 310 Reteyning nothing..of her birdlike nature. 1876 ‘G. Eliot’ Daniel Deronda IV. viii. lxi. 215 His bird-like hope, constructed on the lightest principles, soared again. 2009 J. A. Coyne Why Evol. is True ii. 43 Archaeopteryx has a few bits that are very bird-like, while most bits are very reptilian. < as lemmas |
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