Birdness
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Birdness is a noun meaning The quality of being a bird.
Meaning
The quality of being a bird.
Example Sentences
A penguin or a clucking hen logically might satisfy the ascertainable criteria of birdness but remain somehow inapt for excavating focal meanings.
When we reason about an arbitrary bird, we may conclude that it flies, but we do not alter our concept of birdness to include flight in order to make that conclusion, as the above account implies.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include birdlikeness, birdishness, birdhood, wingedness, featheredness, breediness.
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