Meanings
nounbird flu (usually uncountable, plural bird flus)
plural bird flus
- uncountableusuallyAvian influenza.
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.
2025 January 27, Edward Helmore, “First outbreak of rare bird flu strain reported at California poultry farm”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 25 Mar 2025
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bird flu. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bird%20flu
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“bird flu.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bird%20flu. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bird flu,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bird%20flu.
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