Bird
Crossword Clue & Answers

3 December 2021
Last seen in: Evening Standard Easy Crossword

We found 120 answers for the crossword clue 'Bird', the most recent of which was seen in the Evening Standard Easy Crossword.

This clue looks to be a standard clue as in it's a NON-CRYPTIC crossword based on the publications in which we have recently seen it.

We have given Bird a popularity rating of 'Very Common' because it has featured in a numerous crossword publications and has multiple answers.

As well as being a clue we've also seen Bird as an answer itself some 286 times.

Bird is a single word clue made up of 4 letters.

We most recently saw this clue in 'Evening Standard Easy Crossword' on Friday, 10 December 2021 with the answer being EMU, we also found EMU to be the most popular answer for this clue.

We've seen this clue in the following publications:

• Evening Standard Easy Crossword - 10 Dec 2021
• Evening Standard Quick Crossword - 10 Dec 2021
• Evening Standard Easy Crossword - 8 Dec 2021
• Evening Standard Quick Crossword - 1 Dec 2021
• Evening Standard Easy Crossword - 16 Nov 2021
• Evening Standard Easy Crossword - 10 Nov 2021
• Evening Standard Quick Crossword - 8 Nov 2021
• Evening Standard Easy Crossword - 29 Oct 2021
• Evening Standard Quick Crossword - 29 Oct 2021
• The Daily Mail Quick - 27 Oct 2021

Definitions and usage

Before we get to our crossword answers for 'Bird', take a look at the definitions and example uses below, sometimes these help you think of different words or phrases that are common to 'Bird' and give you a hint.

• Warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings
• The flesh of a bird or fowl (wild or domestic) used as food
• A cry or noise made to express displeasure or contempt
• Watch and study birds in their natural habitat
• Badminton equipment consisting of a ball of cork or rubber with a crown of feathers
• Informal terms for a (young) woman

Anagrams

We found 1 anagrams for the word 'Bird'.

• drib A small indefinite quantity (especially of a liquid); "he had a drop too much to drink"; "a drop of each sample was analyzed"; "there is not a drop of pity in that man"; "years afterward, they would pay the blood-money, driblet by driblet"--Kipling

Crossword Answers

3 Letters

BOO
A cry or noise made to express displeasure or contempt

EMU
Large Australian flightless bird similar to the ostrich but smaller

FLU
An acute febrile highly contagious viral disease

HEN
Adult female bird

JAY
Crested largely blue bird

OWL
Nocturnal bird of prey with hawk-like beak and claws and large head with front-facing eyes

TIT
Small insectivorous birds

4 Letters

COCK
Adult male bird

CROW
Black birds having a raucous call

DAME
A woman of refinement; "a chauffeur opened the door of the limousine for the grand lady"

DODO
Extinct heavy flightless bird of Mauritius related to pigeons

DOLL
A small replica of a person; used as a toy

DOVE
An emblem of peace

FOWL
A domesticated gallinaceous bird thought to be descended from the red jungle fowl

HISS
A fricative sound (especially as an expression of disapproval); "the performers could not be heard over the hissing of the audience"

HOOT
A loud raucous cry (as of an owl)

IBIS
Wading birds of warm regions having long slender down-curved bills

KITE
Any of several small graceful hawks of the family Accipitridae having long pointed wings and feeding on insects and small animals

KIWI
Nocturnal flightless bird of New Zealand having a long neck and stout legs; only surviving representative of the order Apterygiformes

LARK
Any carefree episode

LOVE
Have sexual intercourse with; "This student sleeps with everyone in her dorm"; "Adam knew Eve"; "Were you ever intimate with this man?"

RAZZ
A cry or noise made to express displeasure or contempt

RHEA
Smaller of two tall fast-running flightless birds similar to ostriches but three-toed; found from Peru to Strait of Magellan

TERN
Small slender gull having narrow wings and a forked tail

WREN
Any of several small active brown birds of the northern hemisphere with short upright tails; they feed on insects

5 Letters

BRAIN
That which is responsible for one's thoughts and feelings; the seat of the faculty of reason; "his mind wandered"; "I couldn't get his words out of my head"

CHICK
Young bird especially of domestic fowl

CRANE
Large long-necked wading bird of marshes and plains in many parts of the world

EAGLE
Any of various large keen-sighted diurnal birds of prey noted for their broad wings and strong soaring flight

EGRET
Any of various usually white herons having long plumes during breeding season

FINCH
Any of numerous small songbirds with short stout bills adapted for crushing seeds

FLIER
Someone who operates an aircraft

GOOSE
Flesh of a goose (domestic or wild)

GREBE
Small compact-bodied almost completely aquatic bird that builds floating nests; similar to loons but smaller and with lobate rather than webbed feet

HERON
Grey or white wading bird with long neck and long legs and (usually) long bill

MACAW
Long-tailed brilliantly colored parrot of Central America and South America; among the largest and showiest of parrots

MINER
Laborer who works in a mine

OUSEL
Common black European thrush

OUZEL
Common black European thrush

OWLET
Young owl

QUAIL
Small gallinaceous game birds

RAVEN
Large black bird with a straight bill and long wedge-shaped tail

ROBIN
Small Old World songbird with a reddish breast

SKIRT
Form the edge of

SNIPE
A gunshot from a concealed location

SNORT
A disrespectful laugh

STORK
Large mostly Old World wading birds typically having white-and-black plumage

SWIFT
Common western lizard; seen on logs or rocks

WENCH
Frequent prostitutes

6 Letters

AVOCET
Long-legged web-footed black-and-white shorebird with slender upward-curving bill

BIRDIE
(golf) a score of one stroke under par on a hole

CANARY
A female singer

CUCKOO
Any of numerous European and North American birds having pointed wings and a long tail

CURLEW
Large migratory shorebirds of the sandpiper family; closely related to woodcocks but having a down-curved bill

EAGLET
A young eagle

GROUSE
Popular game bird having a plump body and feathered legs and feet

HOOPOE
Any of several crested Old World birds with a slender downward-curved bill

LINNET
Small Old World finch whose male has a red breast and forehead

MAGPIE
Long-tailed black-and-white crow that utters a raucous chattering call

MARTIN
Any of various swallows with squarish or slightly forked tail and long pointed wings; migrate around Martinmas

NESTER
A bird that has built (or is building) a nest

OSPREY
Large harmless hawk found worldwide that feeds on fish and builds a bulky nest often occupied for years

PARROT
Usually brightly colored zygodactyl tropical birds with short hooked beaks and the ability to mimic sounds

PEAHEN
Female peafowl

PEEWIT
Small olive-colored woodland flycatchers of eastern North America

PETREL
Relatively small long-winged tube-nosed bird that flies far from land

PIGEON
Wild and domesticated birds having a heavy body and short legs

PLOVER
Any of numerous chiefly shorebirds of relatively compact build having straight bills and large pointed wings; closely related to the sandpipers

PUFFIN
Any of two genera of northern seabirds having short necks and brightly colored compressed bills

THRUSH
Songbirds characteristically having brownish upper plumage with a spotted breast

TOMTIT
Widely distributed European titmouse with bright cobalt blue wings and tail and crown of the head

TOUCAN
Brilliantly colored arboreal fruit-eating bird of tropical America having a very large thin-walled beak

TURKEY
Large gallinaceous bird with fan-shaped tail; widely domesticated for food

7 Letters

BARNOWL
Mottled buff and white owl often inhabiting barns and other structures; important in rodent control

BITTERN
Relatively small compact tawny-brown heron with nocturnal habits and a booming cry; found in marshes

BLUETIT
Widely distributed European titmouse with bright cobalt blue wings and tail and crown of the head

BUSTARD
Large heavy-bodied chiefly terrestrial game bird capable of powerful swift flight; classified with wading birds but frequents grassy steppes

BUZZARD
The common European short-winged hawk

JACKDAW
Common black-and-grey Eurasian bird noted for thievery

KESTREL
Small Old World falcon that hovers in the air against a wind

LAPWING
Large crested Old World plover having wattles and spurs

OSTRICH
Fast-running African flightless bird with two-toed feet; largest living bird

PEACOCK
Male peafowl; having a crested head and very large fanlike tail marked with iridescent eyes or spots

PELICAN
Large long-winged warm-water seabird having a large bill with a distensible pouch for fish

RAZZING
A cry or noise made to express displeasure or contempt

SEAGULL
Mostly white aquatic bird having long pointed wings and short legs

SHUTTLE
Public transport that consists of a bus or train or airplane that plies back and forth between two points

SKYLARK
Brown-speckled European lark noted for singing while hovering at a great height

SPARROW
Small brownish European songbird

SWALLOW
Engulf and destroy; "The Nazis swallowed the Baltic countries"

WAGTAIL
Old World bird having a very long tail that jerks up and down as it walks

WARBLER
A small active songbird

8 Letters

HORNBILL
Bird of tropical Africa and Asia having a very large bill surmounted by a bony protuberance; related to kingfishers

NIGHTJAR
Mainly crepuscular or nocturnal nonpasserine birds with mottled greyish-brown plumage and large eyes; feed on insects

NUTHATCH
Any of various small short-tailed songbirds with strong feet and a sharp beak that feed on small nuts and insects

PARAKEET
Any of numerous small slender long-tailed parrots

PHEASANT
Flesh of a pheasant; usually braised

REDSTART
Flycatching warbler of eastern North America the male having bright orange on sides and wings and tail

STARLING
Gregarious birds native to the Old World

TITMOUSE
Small insectivorous birds

9 Letters

ALBATROSS
Large web-footed birds of the southern hemisphere having long narrow wings; noted for powerful gliding flight

BIRDWATCH
Watch and study birds in their natural habitat

BULLFINCH
Common European finch mostly black and white with red throat and breast

CHAFFINCH
Small European finch with a cheerful song

CORMORANT
Large voracious dark-colored long-necked seabird with a distensible pouch for holding fish; used in Asia to catch fish

CORNCRAKE
Common Eurasian rail that frequents grain fields

PARTRIDGE
Small Old World gallinaceous game birds

RASPBERRY
A cry or noise made to express displeasure or contempt

SPOONBILL
Wading birds having a long flat bill with a tip like a spoon

STONECHAT
Common European chat with black plumage and a reddish-brown breast

10 Letters

BRONXCHEER
A cry or noise made to express displeasure or contempt

KINGFISHER
Nonpasserine large-headed bird with a short tail and long sharp bill; usually crested and bright-colored; feed mostly on fish

MEADOWLARK
North American songbirds having a yellow breast

SANDMARTIN
Swallow of the northern hemisphere that nests in tunnels dug in clay or sand banks

TURTLEDOVE
Any of several Old World wild doves

WOODPECKER
Bird with strong claws and a stiff tail adapted for climbing and a hard chisel-like bill for boring into wood for insects

11 Letters

SHUTTLECOCK
Badminton equipment consisting of a ball of cork or rubber with a crown of feathers

12 Letters

HOMINGPIGEON
Pigeon trained to return home

YELLOWHAMMER
European bunting the male being bright yellow

15 Letters

ONEFINGERSALUTE