Birds, The

noun

1. a comedy (414 b.c.) by Aristophanes.

Example Sentences

The researchers found that in birds, the tibial joint surfaces have curved arcs, and the shortened fibula is able to roll within the bird's drumstick for about its length relative to the tibia.

From Science Daily

Although they have been around for nearly three decades in birds, the unprecedented spread among U.S. dairy cattle this year is alarming: The viruses have evolved to thrive within mammals.

From Salon

On the other hand, among birds, the more advanced geometric gaze-following has only been observed in some species, but not only the most conserved or "basic" of them.

From Salon

But genetic analysis of the virus, and the scale and timing of infections in sea mammals in South America, all suggest that the animals acquired the virus from one another, not from infected birds, the researchers said.

From New York Times

But little is known about how the unique vocal organ of birds -- the syrinx -- varies from species to species or its deeper evolutionary origins.

From Science Daily