birdo

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/ˈbɜː(ɹ)dəʊ/

noun

A birder or birdwatcher.

OriginEnglish oh ← Middle English o ← Old French oh →
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Meanings

nounbirdo (plural birdos)

plural birdos

  1. AustraliaslangA birder or birdwatcher.

    I encountered a few of these "birdos", as we call them in Australia, when I visited Oak Hammock Marsh[.]

    2014, Rod Giblett, Canadian Wetlands: Places and People, page 182

Origin

  1. Old Englishbridd
  2. Middle Englishbrid
  3. Englishbird
  4. Latinō
  5. Old Frenchoh
  6. Middle Englisho
  7. EnglishO
  8. Middle Englisho
  9. Englishoh
  10. Englishbirdo

From bird + -o.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

borid
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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