Meaning of पक्षी in English

A pretty or dear little bird; -- a pet name.
Any bird; esp., any large edible bird.
Any domesticated bird used as food, as a hen, turkey, duck; in a more restricted sense, the common domestic cock or hen (Gallus domesticus).
To catch or kill wild fowl, for game or food, as by shooting, or by decoys, nets, etc.
Orig., a chicken; the young of a fowl; a young eaglet; a nestling; and hence, a feathered flying animal (see 2).
A warm-blooded, feathered vertebrate provided with wings. See Aves.
Specifically, among sportsmen, a game bird.
Fig.: A girl; a maiden.
To catch or shoot birds.
Hence: To seek for game or plunder; to thieve.
Birdcatching or fowling.
An extremely adhesive viscid substance, usually made of the middle bark of the holly, by boiling, fermenting, and cleansing it. When a twig is smeared with this substance it will hold small birds which may light upon it. Hence: Anything which insnares.
To smear with birdlime; to catch with birdlime; to insnare.
A little bird; a nestling.
A fowler or birdcatcher.
Canary seed, hemp, millet or other small seeds used for feeding caged birds.
A sportsman who pursues wild fowl, or takes or kills for food.
of Fowl
Of or pertaining to ornithology.