“bird's”

The following 32 entries include the term bird's.

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bird's-foot clover

noun

bird's-foot fern

noun

: a rock brake (Pellaea ornithopus) of the Pacific coast of North America having some of the lower pinnules replaced by secondary pinnae each consisting of three sessile pinnules arranged so as to suggest a bird's foot

bird's knotgrass

noun

bird's-mouth

noun

: an interior angle of notch cut across the end of a piece of timber to receive the edge of another piece

bird's nest

noun

: the nest in which a bird lays eggs and hatches young

bird's-nest

intransitive verb

: to hunt for or take birds' nests or their contents

bird's-nest cactus

noun

bird's-nest fungus

noun

: a fungus of the family Nidulariaceae

bird's-nest moss

noun

: a Mexican club moss (Selaginella lepidophylla)

bird's-nest orchid

noun

: a European orchid (Neottia nidusavis) having closely matted roots

bird's-nest plant

noun

: indian pipe

bird's-pepper

noun

: a wild peppergrass (Lepidium virginicum) with nearly orbicular seed pods

bird's-tongue

noun

edible bird's nest

noun

: the nest of various small swifts (genus Collocalia) of southern Asia and neighboring islands that is made chiefly of the dried glutinous secretion of the salivary glands of the birds and is used in making soup

prairie bird's-foot trefoil

noun

: an annual North American herb (Lotus americanus) with red or rose-colored flowers

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