birdo

English

Etymology

From bird +‎ -o.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɜː(ɹ)dəʊ/

• Audio (General Australian):

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Noun

birdo (plural birdos)

1. (Australia, slang) A birder or birdwatcher.
   • 2014, Rod Giblett, Canadian Wetlands: Places and People, page 182:

     I encountered a few of these "birdos", as we call them in Australia, when I visited Oak Hammock Marsh[.]

See also

• twitcher

Anagrams

• borid, broid

Esperanto

Birdo

Etymology

Borrowed from English bird.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbirdo]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -irdo
• Hyphenation: bir‧do

Noun

birdo (accusative singular birdon, plural birdoj, accusative plural birdojn)

1. bird
   • 1910, Ivy Kellerman, A Complete Grammar of Esperanto‎^[1]:

     Sur malgranda branĉo restis nesto, sed kie estis la birdoj!

     On a small branch sat a nest, but where were the birds!

Derived terms

• akvobirdo
• birda
• birdaĵo
• birdaro
• birdejo
• birdeto
• birdido
• birdokanto
• duelbirdo
• kantobirdo
• kortbirdo
• marbirdo
• rabobirdo
• vadbirdo