Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - bird

 I. noun  Usage: often attributive  Etymology: Middle English brid, ~, from Old English bridd  Date: before 12th century  1. archaic the young of a feathered vertebrate  2. any of a class (Aves) of warm-blooded vertebrates distinguished by having the body more or less completely covered with feathers and the forelimbs modified as wings  3. a game ~  4. clay pigeon  5.  a. fellow  b. a peculiar person  c. chiefly British girl  6. shuttlecock  7. chiefly British  a. a hissing or jeering sound expressive of disapproval  b. dismissal from employment  8. a thin piece of meat rolled up with stuffing and cooked  9. a man-made object (as an aircraft, rocket, or satellite) that resembles a ~ especially by flying or being aloft  10. an obscene gesture of contempt made by pointing the middle finger upward while keeping the other fingers down — usually used with the; called also finger  11. ~ie 2  • ~like adjective  II. intransitive verb  Date: 1918 to observe or identify wild ~s in their natural environment