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# birdie

«birdie» in Mova's school dictionary: **A child's word for a small bird** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (birdies)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A child's word for a small bird. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/birdie/#m1)

2) In golf, one stroke under par on a hole. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/birdie/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

in tales a young prince asks what the birdie sings; «birdie» is a friendly word for a bird

### examples

- What's that birdie singing? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/birdie/#x1)
- Look at the little birdie on the fence. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/birdie/#x2)
- Did you see the birdie blink its eye? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/birdie/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths; in golf a birdie is one stroke under par, but in school sums it means nothing

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «birdie» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/birdie/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.