Definition of "birdlike" [bird•like]

• Similar to a bird (adjective)
• Similar to that of a bird; as, a birdlike song, birdlike eyes (adjective)
• In the manner of a bird; as, to fly birdlike (adverb)

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• "Some words are ambiguously hyphenated in the original, for example compare "birdlike" (page 40) with "bird-like" (page 383)."
• "He was muttering incessantly to himself, as if delighted at having found his tongue, his head swaying on his shoulders, and a strange murmur, soft, birdlike, meaningless, like sounds heard from a vast distance, coming from his wide-open mouth."
• "Agatha is small, and kind of birdlike, and she carries her purse around and shows you where everything is."