birdness

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noun

The quality of being a bird.

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Meanings

nounbirdness (uncountable)
  1. uncountableThe quality of being a bird.

    A penguin or a clucking hen logically might satisfy the ascertainable criteria of birdness but remain somehow inapt for excavating focal meanings.

    2012, Richard Biernacki, Reinventing Evidence in Social Inquiry
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    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.

    2000, Timothy R. Colburn, Philosophy and Computer Science, page 91

Origin

From bird + -ness.

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APA

birdness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/birdness

MLA

“birdness.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/birdness. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “birdness,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/birdness.

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