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birdlife

birdlife noun: birds collectively; avifauna.

Noun

birdlife (uncountable)

  1. Birds collectively; avifauna.
    • Introduction to California Birdlife describes the representative birds in California's seven major bioregions: ocean, seashore, coastal ranges, Central Valley, mountains and foothills, Great Basin, and deserts.
    • The prolific bird life around the Inlet was thinning out but grey rosellas and zebras and painted finches made the bush merry[.]1937, Ion L. Idriess, Over the Range, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, published 1947, page 202

Origin of birdlife

From bird + life.

Questions about birdlife

What does birdlife mean?
Birdlife means birds collectively; avifauna.
What part of speech is birdlife?
Birdlife is a noun.

Words near birdlife in the dictionary

  1. birdkind
  2. birdless
  3. birdlessness
  4. birdlet
  5. birdlets
  6. birdlife
  7. birdlike
  8. birdlikeness
  9. birdlime
  10. birdlimed
  11. birdlimes

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