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1 bird
[bə:d](a two-legged feathered creature, with a beak and two wings, with which most can fly: Kiwis and ostriches are birds which cannot fly.) ptič* * *[bə:d]nounptič, ptičicaslang deklica, dečko, oseba; American slang navdušenec; čudak; figuratively old bird — lisjak, zvitorepec, tičto do s.th. like a bird — zelo rad, z lahkoto kaj nareditibirds of a feather flock together — ene vrste ptiči skupaj letijo, Šimen Šimnu godeto give the bird — zavrniti, odkloniti, izžvižgatia bird in the hand is worth two in the bush — boljši danes vrabec kakor jutri zajec, bolje drži ga kot lovi gato kill two birds with one stone — dve stvari hkrati opraviti, dve muhi naenkrat ubitia little bird told me so — nekdo (ne smem ali nočem povedati, kdo) mi je povedalbird of paradise — rajska ptica, rajčica -
2 bird's-eye
[bɜ:dzai]nounbotany moknati jeglič; drobno rezan tobakbird's-eye view — ptičja perspektiva; figuratively splošni pregled -
3 bird('s)-nesting
[bɜ:d(z)nestiŋ]nounnabiranje jajc iz ptičjih gnezdto go bird('s)-nesting — iti nabirat ptičja gnezda, jajca -
4 bird-cage
[bɜ:dkeidž]nounptičja kletka -
5 bird-call
[bɔ:dkɔ:l]nounptičji klic; vabilka -
6 bird-fancier
[bɜ:dfænsiə]nounsee birder; prodajalec ptičev -
7 bird-lime
[bɜ:dlaim]1.nounptičji lep;2.transitive verbna limanice loviti -
8 bird-seed
[bɜ:dsi:d]nounptičja hrana -
9 bird's-foot
[bɜ:dzfut]nounbotany čičerika; grašica -
10 bird's-nest
[bɜ:dznest]nounptičje gnezdo; opazovalnica, jamborni koš -
11 humming-bird
noun (a small brightly-coloured American bird which makes a humming sound with its wings.) kolibri* * *[hʌmiŋbə:d]nounzoology kolibri -
12 adjutant-bird
[aedžutəntbɜ:d]nounzoology marabu -
13 butcher-bird
[búčəbə:d]nounzoology srakoper -
14 call-bird
[kɔ:lbə:d]nounvabič, vabnik -
15 canary-bird
[kənʌ/əribə:d]nounzoology kanarček; slang obešenjak -
16 decoy-bird
[dikɔibə:d]nounvabnik, vabič za ptiče -
17 dicky-bird
[díkibə:d]nounptičica, tiček; slang uš -
18 dun-bird
[dʌnbə:d]nounzoology potapljavka -
19 fire-bird
[fáiəbə:d]nounzoology baltimorski škorčevec -
20 frigate-bird
[frígitbə:d]nounzoology burnica
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