group of birds (noun)

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• List of collective nouns for birds — The standard collective noun for a group of birds of any type is a flock.[1] For a number of individual birds, there exist collective nouns particular to the type of bird. Many of these collective nouns are fanciful and not in common use in… …   Wikipedia

• Collective noun — In linguistics, a collective noun is a word used to define a group of objects, where objects can be people, animals, emotions, inanimate things, concepts, or other things. For example, in the phrase a pride of lions , pride is a collective noun.… …   Wikipedia

• Anonymous (group) — Anonymous A flag conveying symbolism associated with Anonymous. The imagery of the suit without a head represents leaderless orga …   Wikipedia

• bird of prey — noun any of numerous carnivorous birds that hunt and kill other animals • Syn: ↑raptor, ↑raptorial bird • Derivationally related forms: ↑raptorial (for: ↑raptor) • Hypernyms: ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

• game bird — noun any bird (as grouse or pheasant) that is hunted for sport (Freq. 1) • Members of this Topic: ↑grouse, ↑quail, ↑pheasant • Hypernyms: ↑game, ↑gallinaceous bird, ↑gallinacean …   Useful english dictionary

• Ratitae — noun used in former classifications to include all ratite bird orders • Syn: ↑superorder Ratitae • Hypernyms: ↑animal order • Member Holonyms: ↑Aves, ↑class Aves • Member Meronyms: ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

• Scansores — noun A taxonomic group of birds, formerly thought of as an order, but now distributed among several orders. Syn: Zygodactyli …   Wiktionary

• hatching — noun a) A method of shading areas of a drawing or diagram with fine parallel lines. We got a good hatching from the Swallowtail eggs. b) A group of birds, reptiles, fish, insects, etc., which emerge from their eggs at the same time …   Wiktionary

• Zygodactyli — noun A taxonomic group of birds, formerly thought of as an order, but now distributed among several orders. Syn: Scansores …   Wiktionary

• Owl — For other uses, see Owl (disambiguation). Owl Temporal range: Late Paleocene–Recent …   Wikipedia

• roost — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English hrōst; akin to Old Saxon hrōst attic Date: before 12th century 1. a. a support on which birds rest b. a place where winged animals and especially birds customarily roost 2. a group of birds… …   New Collegiate Dictionary