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n 1: North American blackbird that follows cattle and lays eggs in other birds' nests

adj 1: inconsistent with reason or logic or common sense; "the absurd predicament of seeming to argue that virtue is highly desirable but intensely unpleasant"- Walter Lippman 2: incongruous;inviting ridicule; "the absurd excuse that the dog ate his homework"; "that's a cockeyed idea"; "ask a nonsensical question and get a nonsensical answer"; "a contribution so small as to be laughable"; "it is ludicrous to call a cottage a mansion"; "a preposterous attempt to turn back the pages of history"; "her conceited assumption of universal interest in her rather dull children was ridiculous" [syn: absurd, cockeyed, derisory, idiotic, laughable, ludicrous, nonsensical, preposterous, ridiculous] n 1: a situation in which life seems irrational and meaningless; "The absurd is the essential concept and the first truth"-- Albert Camus [syn: absurd, the absurd]

n 1: any of several tropical American birds of the genus Procnias having a bell-like call

n 1: warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings 2: the flesh of a bird or fowl (wild or domestic) used as food [syn: bird, fowl] 3: informal terms for a (young) woman [syn: dame, doll, wench, skirt, chick, bird] 4: a cry or noise made to express displeasure or contempt [syn: boo, hoot, Bronx cheer, hiss, raspberry, razzing, razz, snort, bird] 5: badminton equipment consisting of a ball of cork or rubber with a crown of feathers [syn: shuttlecock, bird, birdie, shuttle] v 1: watch and study birds in their natural habitat [syn: bird, birdwatch]

n 1: fruit-eating mostly brilliant blue songbird of the East Indies [syn: fairy bluebird, bluebird] 2: blue North American songbird

n 1: any of various birds of the Australian region whose males build ornamented structures resembling bowers in order to attract females [syn: bowerbird, catbird]

adj 1: having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc.; "a horse with a short bristly mane"; "bristly shrubs"; "burred fruits"; "setaceous whiskers" [syn: barbed, barbellate, briary, briery, bristled, bristly, burred, burry, prickly, setose, setaceous, spiny, thorny]

n 1: any of various birds of the Australian region whose males build ornamented structures resembling bowers in order to attract females [syn: bowerbird, catbird] 2: North American songbird whose call resembles a cat's mewing [syn: catbird, grey catbird, gray catbird, Dumetella carolinensis]

n 1: a coagulated liquid resembling milk curd; "bean curd"; "lemon curd" 2: coagulated milk; used to make cheese; "Little Miss Muffet sat on a tuffet eating some curds and whey"

n 1: the male is bright red with black wings and tail [syn: scarlet tanager, Piranga olivacea, redbird, firebird] 2: eastern subspecies of northern oriole [syn: Baltimore oriole, Baltimore bird, hangbird, firebird, Icterus galbula galbula] 3: tropical American flycatcher found as far north as southern Texas and Arizona; adult male has bright scarlet and black plumage [syn: vermillion flycatcher, firebird, Pyrocephalus rubinus mexicanus]

adj 1: covered with a dense coat of fine silky hairs; "furred animals"; "a furry teddy bear" [syn: furred, furry]

v 1: prepare oneself for a military confrontation; "The U.S. is girding for a conflict in the Middle East"; "troops are building up on the Iraqi border" [syn: arm, build up, fortify, gird] [ant: demilitarise, demilitarize, disarm] 2: put a girdle on or around; "gird your loins" [syn: girdle, gird] 3: bind with something round or circular [syn: gird, encircle]

adj 1: detected or perceived by the sense of hearing; "a conversation heard through the wall"

n 1: a group of cattle or sheep or other domestic mammals all of the same kind that are herded by humans 2: a group of wild mammals of one species that remain together: antelope or elephants or seals or whales or zebra 3: a crowd especially of ordinary or undistinguished persons or things; "his brilliance raised him above the ruck"; "the children resembled a fairy herd" [syn: ruck, herd] v 1: cause to herd, drive, or crowd together; "We herded the children into a spare classroom" [syn: herd, crowd] 2: move together, like a herd 3: keep, move, or drive animals; "Who will be herding the cattle when the cowboy dies?"

n 1: tiny American bird having brilliant iridescent plumage and long slender bills; wings are specialized for vibrating flight

adj 1: placed in a grave; "the hastily buried corpses" [syn: buried, inhumed, interred] [ant: unburied]

n 1: a criminal who has been jailed repeatedly [syn: jail bird, jailbird, gaolbird]

n 1: common jay of eastern North America; bright blue with grey breast [syn: blue jay, jaybird, Cyanocitta cristata]

n 1: large American flycatcher [syn: kingbird, Tyrannus tyrannus]

n 1: small round bright-colored and spotted beetle that usually feeds on aphids and other insect pests [syn: ladybug, ladybeetle, lady beetle, ladybird, ladybird beetle]

n 1: Australian bird that resembles a pheasant; the courting male displays long tail feathers in a lyre shape

n 1: long-tailed grey-and-white songbird of the southern United States able to mimic songs of other birds [syn: mockingbird, mocker, Mimus polyglotktos]

n 1: American warbler; builds a dome-shaped nest on the ground [syn: ovenbird, Seiurus aurocapillus] 2: small brownish South American birds that build oven-shaped clay nests

adj 1: more desirable than another; "coffee is preferable to tea"; "Danny's preferred name is `Dan'" [syn: preferable, preferred] 2: preferred above all others and treated with partiality; "the favored child" [syn: favored, favorite(a), favourite(a), best-loved, pet, preferred, preferent]

v 1: express the same message in different words [syn: paraphrase, rephrase, reword]

n 1: a bird that frequents coastal waters and the open ocean: gulls; pelicans; gannets; cormorants; albatrosses; petrels; etc. [syn: seabird, sea bird, seafowl]

n 1: any of numerous wading birds that frequent mostly seashores and estuaries [syn: shorebird, shore bird, limicoline bird]

n 1: medium-sized Eurasian thrush seen chiefly in winter [syn: fieldfare, snowbird, Turdus pilaris] 2: white Arctic bunting [syn: snow bunting, snowbird, snowflake, Plectrophenax nivalis] 3: small North American finch seen chiefly in winter [syn: junco, snowbird]

n 1: any bird having a musical call [syn: songbird, songster]

adj 1: being excited or provoked to the expression of an emotion; "too moved to speak"; "very touched by the stranger's kindness" [syn: moved(p), affected, stirred, touched] [ant: unaffected, unmoved(p), untouched] 2: emotionally aroused [syn: stimulated, stirred, stirred up, aroused] 3: set into a usually circular motion in order to mix or blend

adv 1: in the third place; "third we must consider unemployment" [syn: third, thirdly] adj 1: coming next after the second and just before the fourth in position [syn: third, 3rd, tertiary] n 1: one of three equal parts of a divisible whole; "it contains approximately a third of the minimum daily requirement" [syn: one-third, third, tierce] 2: the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is stationed near the third of the bases in the infield (counting counterclockwise from home plate); "he is playing third" [syn: third base, third] 3: following the second position in an ordering or series; "a distant third"; "he answered the first question willingly, the second reluctantly, and the third with resentment" 4: the musical interval between one note and another three notes away from it; "a simple harmony written in major thirds" 5: the third from the lowest forward ratio gear in the gear box of a motor vehicle; "you shouldn't try to start in third gear" [syn: third gear, third] 6: the base that must be touched third by a base runner in baseball; "he was cut down on a close play at third" [syn: third base, third]

n 1: (mythology) the spirit of thunder and lightning believed by some Native Americans to take the shape of a great bird

adj 1: not necessarily inaudible but not heard

n 1: finch-like African and Asian colonial birds noted for their elaborately woven nests [syn: weaver, weaverbird, weaver finch]

n 1: an aircraft without wings that obtains its lift from the rotation of overhead blades [syn: helicopter, chopper, whirlybird, eggbeater]

n 1: a military recruit who is assigned menial tasks [syn: yard bird, yardbird] 2: a person serving a sentence in a jail or prison [syn: convict, con, inmate, yard bird, yardbird]

n 1: English organist and composer of church music; master of 16th century polyphony; was granted a monopoly in music printing with Thomas Tallis (1543-1623) [syn: Byrd, William Byrd] 2: explorer and United States naval officer; led expeditions to explore Antarctica (1888-1957) [syn: Byrd, Richard E. Byrd, Richard Evelyn Byrd, Admiral Byrd]

n 1: a member of a largely pastoral Islamic people who live in Kurdistan; the largest ethnic group without their own state

n 1: an insignificant student who is ridiculed as being affected or boringly studious [syn: swot, grind, nerd, wonk, dweeb] 2: an intelligent but single-minded expert in a particular technical field or profession

adj 1: spoken as if with a thick tongue; "the thick speech of a drunkard"; "his words were slurred" [syn: slurred, thick]

adj 1: not deterred; "pursued his own path...undeterred by lack of popular appreciation and understanding"- Osbert Sitwell [syn: undeterred, undiscouraged]

n 1: a criminal who has been jailed repeatedly [syn: jail bird, jailbird, gaolbird]

n 1: a person who likes to be active late at night [syn: night owl, nighthawk, nightbird]