miromiro
A tom-tit.

mockbird
A bird, the European sedge warbler (Acrocephalus schoenobaenus).

mockbirds
plural of mockbird

motacillid
Any bird of the Motacillidae

motacillids
plural of motacillid

nandoo
Archaic form of nandu.

nandoos
plural of nandoo

nandu
rhea (large, flightless birds)

nandus
plural of nandu

neoavian
Any bird of the clade Neoaves.

neoavians
plural of neoavian

neognath
Any bird of the infraclass Neognathae.

neognaths
plural of neognath

nidificant
A bird that builds nests.

nidificants
plural of nidificant

nightbird
A bird of the clade Strisores.
Alternative spelling of night bird.

nightbirds
plural of nightbird

nonsongbird
A bird that is not a songbird.

nonsongbirds
plural of nonsongbird

nutjobber
A bird of family Sittidae; a nuthatch.

nutjobbers
plural of nutjobber

opisthocomid
Any bird of the family Opisthocomidae, which comprises the hoazin and extinct relatives.

opisthocomids
plural of opisthocomid

opisthocomiform
Any bird of the order Opisthocomiformes

opisthocomiforms
plural of opisthocomiform

ornithuran
Synonym of ornithurine.

ornithurans
plural of ornithuran

ornithurine
A bird of the clade Ornithurae.

ornithurines
plural of ornithurine

ornithuromorph
Any bird of the group Ornithuromorpha.

ornithuromorphs
plural of ornithuromorph

oscine
Of or pertaining to songbirds (suborder Passeri).

oscines
plural of oscine

otidimorph
Any bird of the clade Otidimorphae

otidimorphs
plural of otidimorph

palaeognath
Alternative form of paleognath.

palaeognaths
plural of palaeognath

paleognath
Any bird of the infraclass Paleognathae.

paleognaths
plural of paleognath

papabot
Alternative form of papabote.

papabote
A bird, the upland sandpiper.

papabotes
plural of papabote

papabots
plural of papabot

papabotte
Alternative form of papabote.

papabottes
plural of papabotte

paraortygid
A bird from the extinct Paraortygidae family.

paraortygids
plural of paraortygid

passager
A bird in its first year.

passagers
plural of passager

passeriform
Of or pertaining to a sparrow; sparrow-like; bird-like.

passeriforms
plural of passeriform

passerines
plural of passerine

peahen
A female peafowl.

peahens
plural of peahen

pelecaniform
Any bird of the order Pelecaniformes.

pelecaniforms
plural of pelecaniform

piapiac
A long-tailed black passerine, Ptilostomus afer, of tropical Africa.

piapiacs
plural of piapiac

piciform
Of or pertaining to Piciformes

piewipe
A bird, the lapwing or peewit.

piewipes
plural of piewipe

pihoihoi
Anthus novaeseelandiae, the Australasian pipit.

pimlico
A bird found around Bermuda, historically often confused with the cahow and now generally identified as Audubon's shearwater.

pimlicoes
plural of pimlico

pimlicos
plural of pimlico

pinkfeet
plural of pinkfoot

pinkfoot
Synonym of pink-footed goose.

ploceid
Any bird of the family Ploceidae.

ploceids
plural of ploceid

pucras
A bird, the koklass.

puffback
Any bird of the genus Dryoscopus.
The (unintended) emission of soot or smoke from a furnace or boiler into a structure, typically caused by a burner failing to ignite properly, allowing a buildup of fumes which explode and expel soot or smoke into the structure.

puffbacks
plural of puffback

purre
A bird, the dunlin.

purres
plural of purre

pyewipe
Alternative form of piewipe.

pyewipes
plural of pyewipe

quaketail
A bird, the wagtail.

quaketails
plural of quaketail

quarrion
A cockatiel, Nymphicus hollandicus.

quarrions
plural of quarrion

recurvebill
A bird of the genus Syndactyla, native to Bolivia, Brazil and Peru.

recurvebills
plural of recurvebill

reedhaunter
A bird of the genera Limnornis or Limnoctites, native to South America.

reedhaunters
plural of reedhaunter

reedling
A bird, the bearded reedling or bearded tit.

reedlings
plural of reedling

rocketer
A bird, especially a pheasant, which, being flushed, rises straight in the air like a rocket.

rocketers
plural of rocketer

roo
Peace; quietness.
Rest; stillness.

rooster
A male domestic chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus) or other gallinaceous bird.
A bird or bat which roosts or is roosting.
An informer.
A violent or disorderly person.
A powerful, prideful, or pompous person.
A man.
A wild violet, when used in a children's game based on cockfighting.
Legislation solely devised to benefit the legislators proposing it.

roosters
plural of rooster

roostmate
A bird that shares a roost with another.

roostmates
plural of roostmate

rushbird
Any bird of the genus Phleocryptes genus, of which Phleocryptes melanops (wren-like rushbird) is the sole species.

rushbirds
plural of rushbird

rypes
plural of rype

sandthorn
A species of sea buckthorn (Hippophae rhamnoides), found from western Europe to northwestern China.

sandthorns
plural of sandthorn

sawbill
The red-breasted merganser.

scissorbill
Synonym of skimmer: birds of the genus Rynchops.
Synonym of razorback: a variety of pig.
A fool, an incompetent; a yokel, a hick.
A foolish worker who lacks class consciousness and opposes unions; also, a company man, a drone, .

scissorstail
A species of tyrant flycatcher (Tyrannus forficatus) from the southern United States and Central America, with a long forked tail, and a red patch on the underwing coverts.

scissorstails
plural of scissorstail

scythebill
A bird having its bill in the shape of a scythe, such as those in the genus Campylorhamphus.

scythebills
plural of scythebill

shovelbill
A bird with a spatulate bill; the shoveler.

shovelbills
plural of shovelbill

sitosterin
Synonym of beta-sitosterol.

skunkbird
A bobolink (Dolichonyx oryzivorus).

smeath
A bird, the smew.

smeaths
plural of smeath

snowbird
A bird, Junco hyemalis, the dark-eyed junco.
A migratory bird seen primarily in the winter time.
The snow bunting (Plectrophenax nivalis).
A person, usually one who is retired, who travels from a cold climate to a warmer one in the winter; one who overwinters elsewhere.
One who enlists in fall to desert after winter.
Someone who uses cocaine illicitly.

snowbirds
plural of snowbird

snowflick
A bird, the snow bunting.

snowflicks
plural of snowflick

snowl
The hooded merganser.

softtail
A bird of the Thripophaga genus

softtails
plural of softtail

songlark
A bird of the species Cincloramphus cruralis or Cincloramphus mathewsi, native to Australia.

songlarks
plural of songlark

sparves
plural of sparve

spokesbird
An avian mascot.

squacco
A species of pond heron, Ardeola ralloides, which is small, and brown and white in colour; it is found in Asia, Northern Africa, and Southern Europe.

squaccos
plural of squacco

streamcruiser
A species of dragonfly, Hesperocordulia berthoudi, endemic to southwest Western Australia.

streamcruisers
plural of streamcruiser

tachuri
A bird of the genus Polystictus, native to South America.

tarin
A bird, the siskin.

tarins
plural of tarin

tarse
The penis.

tarsel
Obsolete form of tercel.

tarsels
plural of tarsel

tarses
plural of tarse

tassel
A ball-shaped bunch of plaited or otherwise entangled threads from which at one end protrudes a cord on which the ball is hung, and which may have loose, dangling threads at the other end (often used as decoration along the bottom of garments, curtains or other hangings).
The panicle on a male plant of maize, which consists of loose threads with anthers on them.
The loose hairs at the end of a braid.
A narrow silk ribbon, or similar, sewn to a book to be put between the pages.
A piece of board that is laid upon a wall as a sort of plate, to give a level surface to the ends of floor timbers.
A kind of bur used in dressing cloth; a teasel.
A thin plate of gold on the back of a bishop's gloves.

tassell
Obsolete form of tiercel.

tassells
plural of tassell

tassle
Misspelling of tassel.

tassles
plural of tassle

tatac
A bird called Pinto's spinetail, with scientific name (Synallaxis infuscata), found in northeastern Brazil

tatacs
plural of tatac

teetan
A pipit (Anthus spp. etc.).

teetans
plural of teetan