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There is an overabundance of rational reasons to say no to factory-farmed meat: It is the No. 1 cause of global warming, it systematically forces tens of billions of animals to suffer in ways that would be illegal if they were dogs, it is a decisive factor in the development of swine and avian flus, and so on.
Jonathan Safran Foer

Meaning of "avian" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD AVIAN

From Latin avis bird.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF AVIAN

avian  [ˈeɪvɪən] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF AVIAN

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Avian is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES AVIAN MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Avian

Avian may refer to: ▪ Bird ▪ Avian, an American metal band ▪ Avian, Iran, a village in Razavi Khorasan Province, Iran ▪ Avian Island, Antarctica ▪ AVIAN International, major international company headquartered in Hungary ▪ Avro Avian, a series of British light aircraft designed and built by Avro in the 1920s and 1930s ▪ Avian Limited, a British hang glider manufacturer ▪ Aviano or Avian, an Italian city ▪ Avian JVM, an open-source, lightweight Java virtual machine...

Definition of avian in the English dictionary

The definition of avian in the dictionary is of, relating to, or resembling a bird.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH AVIAN


alluvion
əˈluːvɪən
antediluvian
ˌæntɪdɪˈluːvɪən
Batavian
bəˈteɪvɪən
Bolivian
bəˈlɪvɪən
Jovian
ˈdʒəʊvɪən
Latvian
ˈlætvɪən
Maldivian
mɔːlˈdɪvɪən
Moldavian
mɒlˈdeɪvɪən
Moravian
məˈreɪvɪən
oblivion
əˈblɪvɪən
Octavian
ɒkˈteɪvɪən
Pavlovian
pævˈləʊvɪən
Peruvian
pəˈruːvɪən
Scandinavian
ˌskændɪˈneɪvɪən
Servian
ˈsɜːvɪən
Shavian
ˈʃeɪvɪən
subclavian
sʌbˈkleɪvɪən
Vitruvian
vɪˈtruːvɪən
Vivian
ˈvɪvɪən
Yugoslavian
ˌjuːɡəʊˈslɑːvɪən

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE AVIAN

avgolemono
avian flu
avianize
aviaries
aviarist
aviary
aviate
aviatic
aviation
aviation authority
aviation fuel
aviation industry
aviation medicine
aviator
aviator glasses
aviatress
aviatrice
aviatrix
Avicenna
avicular

WORDS THAT END LIKE AVIAN

Asian
Asimovian
Australian
Brian
Canadian
chavian
Chekhovian
Chekovian
Christian
diluvian
Harrovian
Hungarian
Indian
Indonesian
Italian
Jugoslavian
lesbian
Nabokovian
pluvian
postdiluvian

Synonyms and antonyms of avian in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «avian» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF AVIAN

Find out the translation of avian to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of avian from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «avian» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

禽流感
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

aviar
570 millions of speakers

English

avian
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

एवियन
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

أنفلونزا الطيور
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

птичий
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

aviária
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

শাকুন
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

aviaire
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Burung
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Vogelgrippe
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

鳥類の
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

조류
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Avian
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

gia cầm
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பறவை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

एव्हीयन
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

kuş
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

aviaria
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

ptaków
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

пташиний
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

aviare
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

γρίπη
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

voël
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

avian
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

avian
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of avian

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «AVIAN»

The term «avian» is quite widely used and occupies the 29.892 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «AVIAN» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «avian» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «avian» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about avian

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7 QUOTES WITH «AVIAN»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word avian.
1
Tim Birkhead
I am not going to speculate about the emotions that might be involved in avian infidelity.
2
Michael Burgess
To be able to detect the outbreak of avian flu anywhere in the world is going to require a partnership of several countries that will share information and samples, but it is important to remember a threat anywhere is a threat everywhere.
3
John Clifford
The avian influenza found in mainland British Columbia poses no significant threat to human health.
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Jonathan Safran Foer
There is an overabundance of rational reasons to say no to factory-farmed meat: It is the No. 1 cause of global warming, it systematically forces tens of billions of animals to suffer in ways that would be illegal if they were dogs, it is a decisive factor in the development of swine and avian flus, and so on.
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Louise Fresco
Rising demand for animal products highlights microbiological risks, with animal-welfare measures sometimes creating new hazards. For example, open pens for poultry may increase the spread of communicable diseases like avian influenza.
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Yusuf Hamied
Cipla has already developed a generic version, oseltamivir, which would be much cheaper than Tamiflu, the only available drug effective in treating avian flu.
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Barack Obama
When we think of the major threats to our national security, the first to come to mind are nuclear proliferation, rogue states and global terrorism. But another kind of threat lurks beyond our shores, one from nature, not humans - an avian flu pandemic.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «AVIAN»

Discover the use of avian in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to avian and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Sturkie's Avian Physiology
This volume establishes the standard for those who need the latest and best information on the physiology of birds.
G. Causey Whittow, 1999
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Avian Medicine and Surgery in Practice: Companion and Aviary ...
In light of 25 years of clinical practice in avian medicine, the author has written this book as a quick reference for clinicians, and as a study guide for undergraduate and post-graduate veterinary students.
Bob Doneley, 2010
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Avian Immunology
Witter, R. L., Li, D., Jones, D., Lee, L. F. and Kung, H. J. (1997). Retroviral insertional mutagenesis of a herpesvirus: a Marek's disease virus mutant attenuated for oncogenicity but not for immunosuppression or in vivo replication. Avian Dis.
Karel A. Schat, Bernd Kaspers, Pete Kaiser, 2012
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Avian medicine
Including contributions by some of the world's leading authorities in avian medicine, this second edition is a comprehensive guide to the diagnosis and management of avian disorders.
Jaime Samour, 2008
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Avian Medicine
* At last: a book on avian medicine aimed at the general veterinary practitioner * This multi-author text combines best practice tips and different techniques from avian experts worldwide, providing quick access to crucial information for ...
Thomas N. Tully, Martin P. C. Lawton, G. M. Dorrestein, 2000
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CRC Handbook of Avian Body Masses, Second Edition
The order of species and families has been revised in the text to fit with the latest publications in avian taxonomy and systematics. The second edition includes an accompanying CD-ROM with a searchable electronic database.
John B. Dunning, Jr., 2007
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Avian Ecology and Conservation in an Urbanizing World
All interested in human-driven land-cover changes will benefit from a perusal of this book because we present high altitude photographs of each study area.
John Marzluff, Reed Bowman, Roarke Donnelly, 2001
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Avian Medicine: Self-Assessment Color Review
This book offers practitioners and students an overview of avian medicine and surgery in an easily assimilable form: over 200 cases are presented as integrated questions and color illustrations followed immediately by detailed explanations ...
Neil Forbes, Robert B. Altman, 1998
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Avian Growth and Development: Evolution Within the ...
This re-appraisal of concepts in avian development presents an integrative perspective on the biology, ecology, and evolution of diverse bird species--from altricial birds to the megapodes.
J. Matthias Starck, Robert E. Ricklefs, 1998
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Essentials of Avian Medicine and Surgery
New to this edition: fully up-to-date on the latest diagnostic and imaging techniques new chapter on the special senses of birds, an understanding of which is crucial when consulted about animal welfare problems Formulary updated by world ...
Brian Coles, 2008

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «AVIAN»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term avian is used in the context of the following news items.
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New strains of avian flu highlight the need for new science
The onset of warmer weather in June has slowed the pace of an unprecedented and underreported avian flu outbreak, providing a welcome ... «The Hill, Jul 15»
2
Avian flu hasn't reached Alaska birds yet, but it could
KENAI — The largest avian influenza outbreak to hit the poultry industry in history has spread across the lower 48 U.S. states and Canada, but ... «Juneau Empire, Jul 15»
3
Virginia Cooperative Extension agent offers tips on protecting …
Be aware of the Avian Influenza outbreak causing major losses for the poultry industry in the Mid-west United States. Here are a few facts to ... «Roanoke Times, Jul 15»
4
Egg producers buckle down as avian flu creeps toward Pa.
That's high cotton for an egg man, but in light of the avian flu epidemic that has struck much of the country's egg producers, Lancaster also ... «Philly.com, Jul 15»
5
The US egg shortage is good news for this startup that wants to …
The US egg market has been suffering since a new strand of avian flu was identified in January. As of June 18, 30 percent of layer hens ... «Business Insider, Jul 15»
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Avian flu cases plummet across Minnesota
After a devastating first half of the year for farms across Minnesota, some good news has flown in. The Minnesota Board of Animal Health ... «Fergus Falls Daily Journal, Jul 15»
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How avian flu might affect Thanksgiving dinner
While the avian flu swept through chicken farms and drove up egg prices, it also hit turkeys. That led to conflicting reports about Thanksgiving ... «Green Bay Press Gazette, Jul 15»
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Two ABQ authors share where to flock to spot your avian friends
Bks_j05July_HotSpots_CMYK “Birding Hot Spots of Santa Fe, Taos & Northern New Mexico” by Judy Liddell and Barbara Hussey. Texas A&M ... «Albuquerque Journal, Jul 15»
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Avian flu check following the death of six pelicans on a southeast …
“Under the Avian Influenza response arrangements, there are set “trigger” numbers for bird deaths dependent on the species,” a Department of ... «Courier Mail, Jul 15»
10
Avian flu threatening Arkansas businesses
Restaurants are seeing a rise in egg prices due to the millions of hens dying every day from a new strand of avian flu. THV11.com July 2, 2015 ... «THV 11, Jul 15»

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