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Origin of avianFirst recorded in 1865–70; avi- + -an Words nearby avianAVF, avg., avgas, avgolemono, avi-, avian, avian flu, avian influenza, avianize, avian leukosis-sarcoma complex, aviarist Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for avian“Vicious pecking, avian hysteria, mysterious deaths, and even cannibalism” are the results, he writes. The History of the Chicken: How This Humble Bird Saved Humanity|William O’Connor|December 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST You were commended after the avian flu pandemic for your ability to forge such close friendships with international leaders. Meet America’s New Top Ebola Fighter|Abby Haglage|September 26, 2014|DAILY BEAST These men are like avian pied pipers" who lure problem birds out of the trees and "send them spiraling over the sloughs. Great Weekend Reads|The Daily Beast|February 12, 2011|DAILY BEAST This is a worrisome phenomenon, especially as major health threats like avian and swine flu grow in importance. U.S. Debunks Autism Myth|Adam Winkler|March 13, 2010|DAILY BEAST
Now comes the perfect storm of avian, swine, and human flu, just in time for a national health plan. Obama as Muhammad Ali|Kathleen Parker|April 29, 2009|DAILY BEAST In this ridge all the layers coalesce, and I therefore take it to be equivalent to the primitive streak of the avian blastoderm. The Works of Francis Maitland Balfour, Volume 1|Francis Maitland Balfour He evidently subserves some useful purpose in the avian community, or he would not be treated with so much consideration. Our Bird Comrades|Leander S. (Leander Sylvester) Keyser It has seldom been my fortune to listen to a finer pot-pourri of avian music. Birds of the Rockies|Leander Sylvester Keyser Therefore, the term obturator internus is inappropriate for the avian muscle and must be abandoned. Variation in the Muscles and Nerves of the Leg in|E. Bruce Holmes It must not be supposed, however, that the syrinx does not perform an important function in the production of avian melody. Our Bird Comrades|Leander S. (Leander Sylvester) Keyser
British Dictionary definitions for avian
adjectiveof, relating to, or resembling a bird Word Origin for avianC19: from Latin avis bird Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to avianfloating, aerial, soaring, express, mobile, fleet, swooping, drifting, zooming, gliding, plumed, waving, streaming, hovering, flapping, winging, fluttering, mercurial, speedy, aeronautical Medical definitions for avian
adj.Of, relating to, or characteristic of birds. The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. Scientific definitions for avianThe American Heritage® Science Dictionary Copyright © 2011. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved. |