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bird [bɜ:d, Am bɜ:rd] N

2. bird inf (person):

a strange [or queer] bird
стра́нный тип m

3. bird Aus, Brit inf (girl, woman):

bird
девчо́нка f

bird table N Brit

dolly bird N Brit inf (attractive girl)

sea bird N ZOOL

water bird [ˈwɔ:təbɜ:d, Am ˈwɑ:t̬ɚbɜ:rd] N

Bird of Paradise N ZOOL

bird's-eye view [ˌbɜ:dzaɪˈvju:, Am ˌbɜ:rdz-] N no pl

Usage examples with bird's

predatory bird
хи́щная пти́ца f
a strange [or queer] bird
стра́нный тип m
to give sb the bird
освиста́ть кого́-ли́бо
to feel as free as a bird
чу́вствовать себя́ свобо́дным как пти́ца
to be as free as a bird
во́льный как пти́ца
a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush proverbial
лу́чше сини́ца в рука́х, чем жура́вль в не́бе

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English
The chain mail in his costume resemble a bird's feathers.
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The bird's secondaries and primaries were a blackish-brown with a narrow white edge on the outer side of the feather.
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Other ingredients can sometimes be used; like "siling labuyo" (bird's eye chili), jalapeo pepper, red bell pepper, olive oil, onions, brown sugar, potatoes, or pineapple.
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Located at the base of a bird's trachea, it produces sounds without the vocal cords of mammals.
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A trip to the top of the hill (featured in the panoramic view) will provide an excellent bird's-eye perspective of the city proper.
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In third-person mode, the player is presented with a bird's-eye view of the battlefield, and can command squads of individual units.
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Made harder as it looks right from a bird's-eye view so the teams have to think a lot.
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Like other cormorants, this bird's feathers are not waterproof, and they spend time after each dive drying their small wings in the sunlight.
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A 360-degree camera projects an overview of the vehicle and its surroundings as a virtual bird's-eye view on the multimedia display.
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The unique zigzag grid on the building's exterior and bird's mouth divots on its corners necessitated development of a special scaffold for window washers.
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