passage
Of a bird: Less than a year old but living on its own, having left the nestOf a bird: Less than a year old but living on its own, having left the nest.
Meaning
1 senses(attributive, not comparable)Of a bird: Less than a year old but living on its own, having left the nest.
Passage red-tailed hawks are preferred by falconers because these younger birds have not yet developed the adult behaviors which would make them more difficult to train.
Examples
104 sentencesDid you know there was a secret passage?
Ти знав про секретний прохід? — deniko
ruТы знал, что тут секретный проход? — marafon
There's a secret passage.
Є секретний прохід. — deniko
ruЕсть секретный проход. — Balamax
deEs gibt einen Geheimgang. — Yorwba
Did you know there was a secret passage hidden behind the bookcase?
Ти знав, що за книжковою шафою схований таємний прохід? — deniko
ruТы знал, что за книжным шкафом есть секретный проход? — marafon
deWusstest du, dass sich hinter dem Bücherregal ein Geheimgang verbirgt? — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Read the passage on page 22, please.
deLest bitte den Abschnitt auf Seite 22. — KENTRIL
There's a secret passage on the left.
Origin
Borrowed into Middle English from Old French passage, from passer (“to pass”).Borrowed into Middle English from Old French passage, from passer (“to pass”).
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See also
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