bird-headed

adjective

Having a bird’s head, especially of a mythological figure.

“a bird-headed statue”

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Meanings

adjectivebird-headed (not comparable)
  1. not comparableHaving a bird’s head, especially of a mythological figure.

    a bird-headed statue

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    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.

    1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 115
  2. historicalnot comparableHaving a birth defect (Seckel syndrome) resulting in a head with a large nose, weakly developed chin, receding brow, and small cranial cavity.
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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bird-headed,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bird-headed.

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