"bird of passage" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˌbɜːd əv ˈpæsɪd͡ʒ/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˌbɝd əv ˈpæsɪd͡ʒ/ [General-American] Audio: En-us-bird of passage.oga [US] Forms: birds of passage [plural]
Etymology: Probably a calque of Middle French oiseau de passage: oiseau (“bird”), passage (“part of a journey or route, passage”). Etymology templates: {{calque|en|frm|oiseau de passage|nocap=1}} calque of Middle French oiseau de passage, {{m|frm|oiseau|t=bird}} oiseau (“bird”), {{m|frm|passage|t=part of a journey or route, passage}} passage (“part of a journey or route, passage”) Head templates: {{en-noun|birds of passage}} bird of passage (plural birds of passage)
  1. (ornithology) A migratory bird, especially a passage migrant (“a bird that stops somewhere for a short time during a seasonal migration”). Categories (topical): Ornithology, People Categories (lifeform): Birds Synonyms: migrant Translations (migratory bird — see also migratory bird): oiseau de passage [masculine] (French), teyrê koçer [masculine] (Northern Kurdish), ave pasajera [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-bird_of_passage-en-noun-kV3Uq1v9 Disambiguation of People: 51 49 Disambiguation of Birds: 64 36 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 58 42 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 73 27 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 61 39 Topics: biology, natural-sciences, ornithology Disambiguation of 'migratory bird — see also migratory bird': 88 12
  2. (figuratively) Someone passing through a place and only staying for a short time; an itinerant. Tags: figuratively Categories (topical): People Synonyms: traveller
    Sense id: en-bird_of_passage-en-noun-OSzRPw5c Disambiguation of People: 51 49

Inflected forms

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