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?

  2. Algeria is known for its avian diversity.

  3. An accomplished aviarist can recognise any avian squawk.

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

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

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