Avian Definition

āvē-ən
adjective
Of, relating to, or characteristic of birds.
American Heritage
Of or having to do with birds.
Webster's New World
Relating to or characteristic of birds.
American Heritage Medicine

Characteristic of or pertaining to birds, or to bird-like or flying creatures.

Wiktionary
noun

A bird.

Wiktionary

A bird-like or flying creature.

Wiktionary

Other Word Forms of Avian

Noun

Singular:
avian
Plural:
avians

Origin of Avian

  • From Latin avis bird awi- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Latin avis, bird + -ian

    From Wiktionary

Avian Sentence Examples

  • Until relatively recently avian flu was thought only to infect birds.

  • Keep a wary eye on areas of the world where avian bird flu outbreaks are documented.

  • Only one of the two commercially available Elisa tests was capable of reliably detecting the response of these birds to Avian Pneumovirus virus.

  • Wnt signaling regulates myogenic differentiation in the developing avian limb.

  • The other great uncertainty is the effect of an avian flu epidemic in the EU.

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Words Starting With

AAVAVI

Words Ending With

NANIAN

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Words Starting With A and Ending With N

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