Meaning of ਪੰਛੀ in English
- 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.
- In England, a species of thrush (Turdus merula), a singing bird with a fin note; the merle. In America the name is given to several birds, as the Quiscalus versicolor, or crow blackbird; the Agelaeus phoeniceus, or red-winged blackbird; the cowbird; the rusty grackle, etc. See Redwing.
- of Fowl
- That branch of zoology which treats of the natural history of birds and their classification.
- A treatise or book on this science.
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