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Vogel

Definitions of Vogel
  1. noun
    warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings
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    types:
    Flachbrustvogel
    flightless birds having flat breastbones lacking a keel for attachment of flight muscles: ostriches; cassowaries; emus; moas; rheas; kiwis; elephant birds
    Sperlingsvogel
    perching birds mostly small and living near the ground with feet having 4 toes arranged to allow for gripping the perch; most are songbirds; hatchlings are helpless
    Greifvogel, Raubvogel
    any of numerous carnivorous birds that hunt and kill other animals
    Papagei
    usually brightly colored zygodactyl tropical birds with short hooked beaks and the ability to mimic sounds
    kuckucksähnlicher Vogel
    birds having zygodactyl feet (except for the touracos)
    rackenartiger Vogel
    chiefly short-legged arboreal nonpasserine birds that nest in holes
    seglerähnlicher Vogel
    nonpasserine bird having long wings and weak feet; spends much of its time in flight
    spechtähnlicher Vogel
    any of numerous nonpasserine insectivorous climbing birds usually having strong bills for boring wood
    Strauß
    fast-running African flightless bird with two-toed feet; largest living bird
    Kasuar
    large black flightless bird of Australia and New Guinea having a horny head crest
    Emu
    large Australian flightless bird similar to the ostrich but smaller
    Kiwi
    nocturnal flightless bird of New Zealand having a long neck and stout legs; only surviving representative of the order Apterygiformes
    Nandu
    smaller of two tall fast-running flightless birds similar to ostriches but three-toed; found from Peru to Strait of Magellan
    Moa
    extinct flightless bird of New Zealand
    Sperling
    any of several small dull-colored singing birds feeding on seeds or insects
    Dornkönig, Vogelkönig, Winterkönig, Zaunkönig, Zaunschlüpfer
    any of several small active brown birds of the northern hemisphere with short upright tails; they feed on insects
    Adler
    any of various large keen-sighted diurnal birds of prey noted for their broad wings and strong soaring flight
    Eule
    nocturnal bird of prey with hawk-like beak and claws and large head with front-facing eyes
    Hühnervogel
    a domesticated gallinaceous bird thought to be descended from the red jungle fowl
    taubenartiger Vogel
    a cosmopolitan order of land birds having small heads and short legs with four unwebbed toes
    Kakadu
    white or light-colored crested parrot of the Australian region; often kept as cage birds
    Sittich
    any of numerous small slender long-tailed parrots
    Gauch, Kuckuck
    any of numerous European and North American birds having pointed wings and a long tail
    Blauracke, Mandelkrähe
    Old World bird that tumbles or rolls in flight; related to kingfishers
    Eisvogel
    nonpasserine large-headed bird with a short tail and long sharp bill; usually crested and bright-colored; feed mostly on fish
    Bienenfresser
    colorful chiefly tropical Old World bird having a strong graceful flight; feeds on especially bees
    Kuckucksknecht, Kuckucksküster, Wiedehopf
    any of several crested Old World birds with a slender downward-curved bill
    Segler
    a small bird that resembles a swallow and is noted for its rapid flight
    Kolibri
    tiny American bird having brilliant iridescent plumage and long slender bills; wings are specialized for vibrating flight
    Ziegenmelker, nachtschwalbenähnlicher Vogel
    mainly crepuscular or nocturnal nonpasserine birds with mottled greyish-brown plumage and large eyes; feed on insects
    Specht
    bird with strong claws and a stiff tail adapted for climbing and a hard chisel-like bill for boring into wood for insects
    Pfefferfresser, Rotschnabeltukan, Tukan
    brilliantly colored arboreal fruit-eating bird of tropical America having a very large thin-walled beak
    Schwan
    stately heavy-bodied aquatic bird with very long neck and usually white plumage as adult
    Schreitvogel, Watvogel
    any of many long-legged birds that wade in water in search of food
    Federwild, Flugwild
    any bird (as grouse or pheasant) that is hunted for sport
    type of:
    Wirbeltier
    animals having a bony or cartilaginous skeleton with a segmented spinal column and a large brain enclosed in a skull or cranium
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