avian - Wiktionary, the free dictionary (original) (raw)
From Latin avis (“bird”) + -ian.
avian (not comparable)
- Characteristic of or pertaining to birds, or to bird-like or flying creatures.
Coordinate terms: birdly, feathered, plumed, winged
- antiavian
- avian dinosaur
- avian flu
- avian influenza
- avian ingestion
- avianize
- avianlike
- non-avian
- nonavian
- proavian
- unavian
of birds
- Breton: evnel
- Catalan: aviari
- Czech: ptačí (cs)
- Esperanto: birda
- French: avien (fr), aviaire (fr)
- German: vogelartig, aviär (de)
- Italian: aviario (it)
- Korean: 조류의 (joryuui)
- Malay: burung (ms)
- Polish: ptasi (pl) m
- Portuguese: aviário (pt) m, aviária (pt) f
- Russian: пти́чий (ru) (ptíčij)
- Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: пти̏чјӣ
Roman: ptȉčjī (sh) m - Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: ptaškowy - Spanish: aviar (es)
- Swedish: fågel- (sv)
- Volapük: bödik (vo)
- Welsh: adarol
avian (plural avians)
- A bird.
- A bird-like or flying creature.
- (furry fandom) Someone who roleplays or describes themselves as being a bird or bird-like animal character with human characteristics.
Synonym: feathery
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