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Jove prop. n.
1. The chief divinity of the ancient Romans; Jupiter.
2. Astron. The planet Jupiter. [R.]
3. Alchemy The metal tin.
Bird of Jove, the eagle.
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Bird n.
1. Orig., a chicken; the young of a fowl; a young eaglet; a nestling; and hence, a feathered flying animal (see 2).
That ungentle gull, the cuckoo's bird. --Shak.
The brydds [birds] of the aier have nestes. --Tyndale (Matt. viii. 20).
2. Zool. A warm-blooded, feathered vertebrate provided with wings. See Aves.
3. Specifically, among sportsmen, a game bird.
4. Fig.: A girl; a maiden.
And by my word! the bonny bird
In danger shall not tarry. --Campbell.
Arabian bird, the phenix.
Bird of Jove, the eagle.
Bird of Juno, the peacock.
Bird louse Zool., a wingless insect of the group Mallophaga, of which the genera and species are very numerous and mostly parasitic upon birds. -- Bird mite Zool., a small mite (genera Dermanyssus, Dermaleichus and allies) parasitic upon birds. The species are numerous.
Bird of passage, a migratory bird.
Bird spider Zool., a very large South American spider (Mygale avicularia). It is said sometimes to capture and kill small birds.
Bird tick Zool., a dipterous insect parasitic upon birds (genus Ornithomyia, and allies), usually winged.
bird of Jove
n : any of various large keen-sighted diurnal birds of prey
noted for their broad wings and strong soaring flight
[syn: eagle]