BIRD OF PASSAGE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does bird of passage mean? 

• BIRD OF PASSAGE (noun)
  The noun BIRD OF PASSAGE has 2 senses:

1. someone who leads a wandering unsettled life

2. any bird that migrates seasonally

  Familiarity information: BIRD OF PASSAGE used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BIRD OF PASSAGE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Someone who leads a wandering unsettled life

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

bird of passage; roamer; rover; wanderer

Hypernyms ("bird of passage" is a kind of...):

traveler; traveller (a person who changes location)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "bird of passage"):

nomad (a member of a people who have no permanent home but move about according to the seasons)

clochard; drifter; floater; vagabond; vagrant (a wanderer who has no established residence or visible means of support)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Any bird that migrates seasonally

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("bird of passage" is a kind of...):

bird (warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings)