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Meaning of bird flu | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

Avian influenza.

uncountable, usually

Equivalents

Deutsch Vogelgrippe
Suomi lintuinfluenssa
日本語 鳥インフルエンザ
Svenska fågelinfluensa
Türkçe kuş gribi
Tiếng Việt cúm gia cầm

Examples

“Authorities said the discovery of H5N9 bird flu in poultry came alongside the detection of the more common H5N1 strain on the same farm in Merced county, California, and that almost 119,000 birds on the farm had been killed since early December.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

bird grasshopper bird hide bird in a nest bird in the bosom bird ingestion bird of ill omen

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