n.
(=phoenix)凤凰

Arabian \A*ra"bi*an\, a.
Of or pertaining to Arabia or its inhabitants.

{Arabian bird}, the phenix. --Shak.


Bird \Bird\ (b[~e]rd), n. [OE. brid, bred, bird, young bird,
bird, AS. bridd young bird. [root]92.]
1. Orig., a chicken; the young of a fowl; a young eaglet; a
nestling; and hence, a feathered flying animal (see 2).

That ungentle gull, the cuckoo's bird. --Shak.

The brydds [birds] of the aier have nestes.
--Tyndale
(Matt. viii.
20).

2. (Zo["o]l.) A warm-blooded, feathered vertebrate provided
with wings. See {Aves}.

3. Specifically, among sportsmen, a game bird.

4. Fig.: A girl; a maiden.

And by my word! the bonny bird
In danger shall not tarry. --Campbell.

{Arabian bird}, the phenix.

{Bird of Jove}, the eagle.

{Bird of Juno}, the peacock.

{Bird louse} (Zo["o]l.), a wingless insect of the group
Mallophaga, of which the genera and species are very
numerous and mostly parasitic upon birds. -- Bird mite
(Zo["o]l.), a small mite (genera {Dermanyssus},
{Dermaleichus} and allies) parasitic upon birds. The
species are numerous.

{Bird of passage}, a migratory bird.

{Bird spider} (Zo["o]l.), a very large South American spider
({Mygale avicularia}). It is said sometimes to capture and
kill small birds.

{Bird tick} (Zo["o]l.), a dipterous insect parasitic upon
birds (genus {Ornithomyia}, and allies), usually winged.