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vogel

Definitions of vogel
  1. noun
    warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings
    synonyms: vogeltje
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    types:
    opper, opperwachtmeester
    adult male bird
    roddeltante
    adult female bird
    trekvogel
    any bird that migrates seasonally
    roofvogel
    any of numerous carnivorous birds that hunt and kill other animals
    naprater, papegaai
    usually brightly colored zygodactyl tropical birds with short hooked beaks and the ability to mimic sounds
    drijfsijssie, watervogel
    wading and swimming and diving birds of either fresh or salt water
    vechthaan
    a cock bred and trained for fighting
    struisvogel
    fast-running African flightless bird with two-toed feet; largest living bird
    emoe
    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
    zangvogel
    passerine bird having specialized vocal apparatus
    mus
    any of several small dull-colored singing birds feeding on seeds or insects
    liervogel
    Australian bird that resembles a pheasant; the courting male displays long tail feathers in a lyre shape
    winterkoninkje
    any of several small active brown birds of the northern hemisphere with short upright tails; they feed on insects
    jachtvogel, plakbord, raapbord
    diurnal bird of prey typically having short rounded wings and a long tail
    arend
    any of various large keen-sighted diurnal birds of prey noted for their broad wings and strong soaring flight
    aal, aalt, gier, mestgier, mestvocht
    any of various large diurnal birds of prey having naked heads and weak claws and feeding chiefly on carrion
    secretaris, secretarisvogel
    large long-legged African bird of prey that feeds on reptiles
    uil
    nocturnal bird of prey with hawk-like beak and claws and large head with front-facing eyes
    gevogelte, hen, hoen, hoentje, huishen, kip
    a domesticated gallinaceous bird thought to be descended from the red jungle fowl
    gaai
    an archaic term for a parrot
    papegaai
    small brightly colored Australasian parrots having a brush-tipped tongue for feeding on nectar and soft fruits
    parkiet
    any of numerous small slender long-tailed parrots
    pisangvreter
    large brightly crested bird of Africa
    haarroller, kruller, krulpen, krulspeld, pletter, roller, walser
    Old World bird that tumbles or rolls in flight; related to kingfishers
    gierzwaluw
    a small bird that resembles a swallow and is noted for its rapid flight
    nachtzwaluw, ratelaar
    mainly crepuscular or nocturnal nonpasserine birds with mottled greyish-brown plumage and large eyes; feed on insects
    toekan
    brilliantly colored arboreal fruit-eating bird of tropical America having a very large thin-walled beak
    drijfsijssie, watervogel
    freshwater aquatic bird
    Zwaan
    stately heavy-bodied aquatic bird with very long neck and usually white plumage as adult
    steltloper, steltlopers, waadvogel
    any of many long-legged birds that wade in water in search of food
    type of:
    vertebraat
    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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