Meaning

3 senses
  1. A bird.

  2. A bird-like or flying creature.

  3. (slang)Someone who roleplays or describes themselves as being a bird or bird-like animal character with human characteristics.

Examples

13 sentences
  1. Has the avian flu been eradicated?

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  2. Algeria is known for its avian diversity.

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  3. An accomplished aviarist can recognise any avian squawk.

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  4. Non-avian dinosaurs are all dinosaurs other than birds.

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  5. Dinosaurs can be divided into avian dinosaurs and non-avian dinosaurs.

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Origin

From Latin avis (“bird”) + -ian.

From Latin avis (“bird”) + -ian.

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Forms

plural: avians
Singularavian
Pluralavians

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
avian — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto