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21Hand — For other uses, see Hand (disambiguation). Hand Palmar and Dorsal aspects of human left hand Latin manus Vein …
22Bird In Hand — A theory that postulates that investors prefer dividends from a stock to potential capital gains because of the inherent uncertainty of the latter. Based on the adage that a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush, the bird in hand theory… …
23bird — n. 1) game; land; migratory; tropical; wading; water birds 2) birds of passage; birds of prey 3) (usu. fig.) a rare bird 4) birds build nests; chirp, twitter, warble; flock together; fly; migrate; molt; sing; soar 5) a covey, flock of birds 6)… …
24Bird atlas — A bird atlas is an ornithological work that attempts to provide information on the distribution, abundance, long term change as well as seasonal patterns of bird occurrence and usually represented in the form of maps. They often involve the use… …
25bird — n. 1 a feathered vertebrate with a beak, with two wings and two feet, egg laying and usu. able to fly. 2 a game bird. 3 Brit. sl. a young woman. 4 colloq. a person (a wily old bird). 5 sl. a a prison. b rhymingsl. a prison sentence (short for… …
26Bird evolution — The evolution of birds is thought to have begun in the Jurassic Period, with the earliest birds derived from theropod dinosaurs. Birds are categorized as a biological class, Aves. The earliest known species of class Aves is Archaeopteryx… …
27Bird and Hand Alley, Court — In Cheapside (P.C. 1732 Boyle, 1799). Bird in Hand Alley in Boyle. See Bird in Hand Alley, Court …
28bird — [[t]bɜ͟ː(r)d[/t]] ♦♦ birds 1) N COUNT A bird is a creature with feathers and wings. Female birds lay eggs. Most birds can fly. 2) N COUNT Some men refer to young women as birds. This use could cause offence. [BRIT, INFORMAL] 3) → See also game… …
29bird — {{11}}bird (n.1) O.E. bird, rare collateral form of bridd, originally young bird, nestling (the usual O.E. for bird being fugol), of uncertain origin with no cognates in any other Germanic language. The suggestion that it is related by umlaut to… …
30bird — noun (C) 1 BIRD a creature with wings and feathers that lays eggs and can usually fly: The tree was full of tiny, brightly coloured birds. 2 a little bird told me spoken used to say that you know something, but you will not say how you found out …
