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Meaning of bird-headed | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR C1

Definitions

  1. Having a bird’s head, especially of a mythological figure.
    not-comparable
  2. Having a birth defect (Seckel syndrome) resulting in a head with a large nose, weakly developed chin, receding brow, and small cranial cavity.
    historical, not-comparable

Examples

“a bird-headed statue”
“The ithyphallic condition of the bird-headed man, associated as he is with a magical staff with a bird on top of it, can then be seen in a context in which precisely those images do have meaning.”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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See also

bird-like bird-rich bird-witted bird's-eye birdbrained birdier

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