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bird

[burd] / bɜrd /
NOUN
flying animal
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Each bird is fitted with colored leg rings, allowing researchers to monitor behavior, health, and genetics over many years.

From Science Daily • Apr. 13, 2026

It is a rare bird indeed — such a big payout for so little effort.

From Salon • Apr. 13, 2026

He’d leave their two dozen sheep by the riverbank and catch fish, or search for bird eggs in the reeds with his friends.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 13, 2026

Putting up bird feeders in your garden may seem kind but it could be putting some species at serious risk, according to the UK's largest bird charity.

From BBC • Apr. 9, 2026

He felt as if his world-soul had snapped its link to all other living things: tree and bird, hunter and prey, river and rock.

From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver




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