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avian

/ˈeɪvi.ən/

avian adjective: characteristic of or pertaining to birds, or to bird-like or flying creatures.

Adjective

avian (not comparable)

  1. Characteristic of or pertaining to birds, or to bird-like or flying creatures.
    Synonyms:
    birdly, birdy, avianlike, birdlike / bird-like

Noun

avian (plural avians)

  1. A bird.
  2. A bird-like or flying creature.
  3. (slang) Someone who roleplays or describes themselves as being a bird or bird-like animal character with human characteristics.
    Synonyms:
    feathery

avian meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Bengali

avian in Hindi

of birds
नभचर nabhcar

avian in Tamil

பறவையினம்

avian in Marathi

एव्हिअन, एव्हियन

avian in Bengali

পাখিদের বৈশিষ্ট্যযুক্ত, এদের সাথে সম্পর্কিত, পাখি, একটি পাখির মতো, উড়ন্ত প্রাণী
More languagesFewer languages
avian in Telugu
ఏవియన్
avian in Malayalam
ഏവിയൻ
avian in Kannada
ಏವಿಯನ್
avian in Punjabi
ਏਵੀਅਨ
avian in Gujarati
એવિયન
avian in Odia
ଏଭିଆନ୍
avian in Nepali
एभियन, एवियन
avian in Malay
burung

Examples of avian in a sentence

  • Epidemiologists worry about H2H transmission of avian influenza.
  • The US National Library of Medicine lists H5N9 as a subtype avian influenza virus.
  • Ingluvial hypomotility is a relatively common clinical concern observed in a large number of avian species.

All 23 example sentences with avian

Synonyms of avian

All synonyms of avian

Forms of avian

pluralavians

Origin of avian

From Latin avis (“bird”) + -ian.

Words formed from avian

Phrases with avian

Questions about avian

What does avian mean?
Avian means characteristic of or pertaining to birds, or to bird-like or flying creatures.
What is avian in Hindi?
Avian in Hindi is नभचर (nabhcar). See Avian meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is avian?
Avian can be an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce avian?
Avian is pronounced /ˈeɪvi.ən/.

Words near avian in the dictionary

  1. aviados
  2. avialan
  3. avialans
  4. avialian
  5. avialians
  6. avian
  7. avian dinosaur
  8. avian flu
  9. avian influenza
  10. avian ingestion
  11. avian ingestions

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: avian (page history and authors); avian (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); avian (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); avian (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); avian (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); avian (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); avian (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); avian (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); avian (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); avian (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); avian (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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