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Plural of bird

regular plural

The plural of bird is birds.

Forms of bird

Singularbird /ˈbɜːd/
Pluralbirds /bɜːdz/
Countablecountable

Birds in a sentence

  • Ducks and sparrows are birds.
  • The level below this is called the Phylum; birds belong to the Phylum Chordata, which includes all the vertebrate animals (the sub-phylum Vertebrata) and a few odds and ends.2004, Bruce Whittington, Loucas Raptis, Seasons with Birds, page 50
  • I spent my summer studying the animals and birds of the two islands.From the entry animal
  • The hunting dog drove the birds out of the tall grass.From the entry drive
  • Birds of passage fly to warmer regions as it gets colder in winter.From the entry fly

Meaning of bird

  1. noun An animal of the clade (traditionally class) Aves in the phylum Chordata, characterized by being warm-blooded, having feathers and wings usually capable of flight, having a beaked mouth, and laying eggs.
  2. noun Any winged animal.
  3. noun A young bird, a nestling.

Full definition of bird

Questions about the plural of bird

What is the plural of bird?
The plural of bird is birds.
Is bird countable?
Bird is a countable noun.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: bird (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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