a flock of birds (=group of birds flying together)
1ANIMALscience, biology an animal that can usually fly, with two legs, wings, and feathers. Many birds sing and build nests, and female birds lay eggs. → fowl: The tree was full of tiny brightly colored birds. a flock of birds (=group of birds flying together)2something is for the birds spoken said when you think something is useless, stupid, boring, etc.: Working late is for the birds!3the birds and the bees humorous the facts about sex, especially the things you tell children in order to explain sex to them4a bird in the hand (is worth two in the bush) used to say that it is better to keep what you have than to risk losing it by trying to get more5birds of a feather (flock together) used to say that two people or groups are very similar, do the same things, etc.6a tough/strange/skinny old bird old-fashioned a person who has a particular qualitySYN character: He’s a tough old bird.[Origin: Old English bridd] → see also early birdat early1 (10), somebody eats like a birdat eat (14), kill two birds with one stoneat kill1 (12), a little bird told meat little1 (9)