Bird
Crossword Clue and Answers

Crossword Answers

3 letters

HEN
Adult female bird

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

EMU
Large Australian flightless bird similar to the ostrich but smaller

TIT
Small insectivorous birds

BOO
A cry or noise made to express displeasure or contempt

JAY
Crested largely blue bird

FLU
An acute febrile highly contagious viral disease

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

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

DODO
Extinct heavy flightless bird of Mauritius related to pigeons

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

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)

RAZZ
A cry or noise made to express displeasure or contempt

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

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

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

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

LARK
Any carefree episode

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

COCK
Adult male bird

DOVE
An emblem of peace

CROW
Black birds having a raucous call

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

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

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

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

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

ROBIN
Small Old World songbird with a reddish breast

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

OUSEL
Common black European thrush

QUAIL
Small gallinaceous game birds

OWLET
Young owl

SNIPE
A gunshot from a concealed location

SKIRT
Form the edge of

WENCH
Frequent prostitutes

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

SNORT
A disrespectful laugh

MINER
Laborer who works in a mine

OUZEL
Common black European thrush

FLIER
Someone who operates an aircraft

SWIFT
Common western lizard; seen on logs or rocks

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

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"

GOOSE
Flesh of a goose (domestic or wild)

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

CHICK
Young bird especially of domestic fowl

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CANARY
A female singer

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

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

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

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

PEAHEN
Female peafowl

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

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

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

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

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

PEEWIT
Small olive-colored woodland flycatchers of eastern North America

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

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

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

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

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

EAGLET
A young eagle

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

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

THRUSH
Songbirds characteristically having brownish upper plumage with a spotted breast

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

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

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

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

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

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

SPARROW
Small brownish European songbird

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

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

RAZZING
A cry or noise made to express displeasure or contempt

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

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

LAPWING
Large crested Old World plover having wattles and spurs

WARBLER
A small active songbird

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

BUZZARD
The common European short-winged hawk

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

PHEASANT
Flesh of a pheasant; usually braised

PARAKEET
Any of numerous small slender long-tailed parrots

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

STARLING
Gregarious birds native to the Old World

TITMOUSE
Small insectivorous birds