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Meanings of flying bird in English

Birds having keeled breastbones for attachment of flight muscles.

Usage of flying bird in English
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Arguably the heaviest flying bird is the kori bustard of southern Africa.
BBC
2
The evidence comes from new research into the earliest known flying bird, archaeopteryx.
The Irish Times
3
For a long time she gazed after it, the flying bird.
Siddhartha
4
One brotherhood, in addition to fine flowing robes, has headgear not unlike a flying bird.
The Irish Times
5
The Indian stood up and declared that the shadow was the reflection of a flying bird.
Pathfinders of the West / Being the Thrilling Story of the Adven...
6
But the flying bird shows him wings.
The Spirit of Place, and Other Essays
7
He then started to walk underneath the flying bird, which would spend every night in a tree.
The Arabian Nights: Tales of 1,001 Nights. Vol. 1
8
But his Viziers and officers said to him, 'O King, how shall we overtake the flying bird?
The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night, Volume IV
9
In addition to adaptations which the bat shares with the flying bird, it has many of its own.
The Outline of Science, Vol. 1 (of 4) / A Plain Story Simply Tol...
10
With Nicolai right behind her, she shot like a flying bird through the station and dove into Node 1.
Gravity
11
In contrast, the heaviest known flying bird, Argentavis, was more than twice this weight but had a shorter wingspan.
BBC
12
The 160 miles that separate Guadeloupe from Anguilla would be child's play to any strong flying bird such as a petrel.
The Greatest Show on Earth: The Evidence for Evolution
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This runs contrary to what would be expected in a flying bird in which reduced weight and thin-walled bones would be expected.
Wired
14
Concentrating on birds that are in their element on the wing, the Andean condor is often named as the largest flying bird.
BBC
15
She stopped, poised on one foot as a flying bird poises for a moment on the wing, and picked up the treasure.
A Book of Myths
16
The cry swept by him across the narrow end of the island from sea to lagoon, like the cry of a flying bird.
Lord of the Flies
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