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Grammar : Adj

Spell : ey-vee-uh n

Phonetic Transcription : ˈeɪ vi ən

Definition of avian

Origin : "pertaining to birds," 1870, from Latin avis "bird" (see aviary) + -an.

As in flying : adj in the air, winged

Example sentences :

The field of avian ecology in Micronesia has barely been scratched.
Extract from : « The Avifauna of Micronesia, Volume 3 » by Rollin H. Baker

The Marshall Islands have received no avian components from Melanesia.
Extract from : « The Avifauna of Micronesia, Volume 3 » by Rollin H. Baker

All the colours of the rainbow appear in our avian population.
Extract from : « Glimpses of Indian Birds » by Douglas Dewar

This condition represents the last stage in the evolution of the Avian wing.
Extract from : « Birds in Flight » by W. P. Pycraft

Your mind, what there is of it, is whirling with avian expectations.
Extract from : « The Wonderful Visit » by Herbert George Wells

And how is it with the other states that number the wood-duck in their avian faunas?
Extract from : « Our Vanishing Wild Life » by William T. Hornaday

January is the month in which the avian population attains its maximum.
Extract from : « A Bird Calendar for Northern India » by Douglas Dewar

The Bell Vireo sings more often daily and throughout the nesting season than do the majority of its avian nesting associates.
Extract from : « Natural History of the Bell Vireo, Vireo bellii Audubon » by Jon C. Barlow

It is found in several pictures, in some of which it appears to have avian relationship.
Extract from : « Archeological Expedition to Arizona in 1895 » by Jesse Walter Fewkes

Figures e and f of plate clvi are avian decorations, reduced in the case of the former to geometric forms.
Extract from : « Archeological Expedition to Arizona in 1895 » by Jesse Walter Fewkes

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