English | Latin |
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horned or eagle owl (esp. as bird of ill omen) noun | bubo [bubonis](3rd) M |
hummingbird [hummingbirds] (any of various small American birds in the family Trochilidae) noun [UK: ˈhʌ.mɪŋ.bɜːd] [US: ˈhʌ.mɪŋ.ˌbərd] | colibrisnoun |
jailbird noun [UK: ˈdʒeɪl.bɜːd] [US: ˈdʒeɪl.bɝːd] | carcer [carceris](3rd) M furcifer [furciferi](2nd) M |
kill two birds with one stone (solve two problems at once) verb [UK: kɪl ˈtuː bɜːdz wɪð wʌn stəʊn] [US: ˈkɪl ˈtuː ˈbɝːdz wɪθ wʌn ˈstoʊn] | Duo parietes de eadem fidelia dealbare (to whitewash two walls out of the same bucket) (Cicero, Epistulae ad Familiares 7.29.2.)verb |
kind of bird noun | opilio [opilionis](3rd) M upilio [upilionis](3rd) M |
kind of bird in Egypt noun | dagnades [dagnadis](3rd) F |
king of birds (the eagle) noun | rex aviumnoun |
kite / glede, bird of prey noun | miluus [milui](2nd) M milvus [milvi](2nd) M |
ladybird [ladybirds] noun [UK: ˈleɪ.dɪ.bɜːd] [US: ˈleɪ.di.ˌbərd] | coccinella [coccinellae](1st) F |
large bird noun | gruis [gruis](3rd) C grus [gruis](3rd) C |
little bird noun [UK: ˈlɪt.l̩ bɜːd] [US: ˈlɪt.l̩ ˈbɝːd] | aucella [aucellae](1st) F aucilla [aucillae](1st) F avicella [avicellae](1st) F |
marine bird of prey (unidentified) noun | harpe [harpes]noun |
migrant (bird) noun [UK: ˈmaɪ.ɡrənt] [US: ˈmaɪ.ɡrənt] | advena [advenae](1st) C |
molt (birds) verb [UK: məʊlt] [US: moʊlt] | calvesco [calvescere, -, -](3rd) INTRANS |
mythical bird into which Scylla daughter of Nisus was changed noun | ciris [ciris](3rd) F |
nest for young birds noun | cuna [cunae](1st) F |
nightjar / goatsucker (bird Caprimulgus europaeus) noun | caprimulgus [caprimulgi](2nd) M |
nocturnal bird of prey noun | cybindis [cybindidis](3rd) F cymindis [cymindidis](3rd) F |
of / pertaining to bird-watching / fowling adjective | aucupalis [aucupalis, aucupale]adjective |
of birds verb | minurrio [minurrire, -, -](4th) INTRANS |
of birds noun | minurritio [minurritionis](3rd) F |
one deserving crucifixion / fit for the gallows, gallows-bird noun | cruciarius [cruciari(i)](2nd) M |
or related bird noun | cornix [cornicis](3rd) F |
other game bird / heathcock / moorfowl noun | tetrao [tetraonis](3rd) M |
Otis tarda, great bustard, largest European bird noun | otis [otidis](3rd) F |
permitting / favorable (birds of omen approving of action in question) adjective | admissivus [admissiva, admissivum]adjective ammissivus [ammissiva, ammissivum]adjective |
phoenix, a fabulous bird of Arabia noun | phoenix [phoenicis](3rd) M |
platform (in a pen for birds) noun [UK: ˈplæt.fɔːm] [US: ˈplæt.ˌfɔːrm] | falere [faleris](3rd) N |
pole / fork for supporting / spreading birdnets noun | ames [amitis](3rd) M |
ravenous sea bird (Vulgate) noun | laros [lari]noun larus [lari](2nd) M |
reed, cane, fishing rod, limed twigs for catching birds noun | harundo [harundinis](3rd) F |