mother-bird en · NOUN
Meanings
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A female parent of a chick or chicks.
From the branch of a tree overhead she heard a watchful mother-bird's warning call, and the twitter of the disturbed nestlings.
1902, Barbara Baynton, edited by Sally Krimmer and Alan Lawson, Bush Studies (Portable Australian Authors: Barbara Baynton), St Lucia: University of Queensland Press, published 1980, page 5:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| mother-birds | Number=Plur | lexicographic |