Definition of "birds" []

• Plural form of bird. (noun)

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• "Roaming about in the woods with hatchet in hand, like a backwoodsman, followed by a troop of dogs; starting up of birds, snakes, hares and foxes, and examining the various kinds of trees, flowers, and birds’ nests, was at least, a change from the monotonous drag and pull on shipboard."
• "I could also give several instances of various birds which have been known occasionally to lay their eggs in other birds’ nests."
• "This summer, when you have made friends with these wild birds, and they have let you see their homes and learn their secrets, you will make up your mind that there are no _common birds_; for every one of them has something very uncommon about it, '"