Adjective
bird-like (comparative more bird-like, superlative most bird-like)
Alternative form of birdlike.
In some species the snapping zooids are mounted on a peduncle (stalk), their bird-like appearance responsible for the term – Charles Darwin described these as like "the head and beak of a vulture in miniature, seated on a neck and capable of movement". Source: Internet
In Skyward Sword, Hylians live on a floating island known as Skyloft and are accompanied by bird-like species called Loftwings. Source: Internet
ISBN 0-520-20094-2 While some early bird-like species may have already been arboreal as well (including dromaeosaurids such as Microraptor ) most non-avialan dinosaurs seem to have relied on land-based locomotion. Source: Internet
In this case, it was unclear how the enormously large giant pterosaurs, with an inefficient cold-blooded metabolism, could manage a bird-like takeoff strategy, using only the hind limbs to generate thrust for getting airborne. Source: Internet