Bird-headed
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Bird-headed is an adjective meaning Having a bird’s head, especially of a mythological figure.
Meaning
Having a bird’s head, especially of a mythological figure.
More Meanings
- (historical) Having a birth defect (Seckel syndrome) resulting in a head with a large nose, weakly developed chin, receding brow, and small cranial cavity.
Example Sentences
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.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include hawk-beaked, hawk-billed, ornithoid, ornithomorphic, bird-like, bird's-eye.
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