Bird Anatomy

noun a bird's horny projecting jaws; a bill.

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• The bird used its sharp beak to catch fish in the river.
• Watch out for the duck's beak, it can give a nasty peck.
• That parrot has a massive beak, it's so cool!
• His words were like a sharp beak, piercing through my defenses.

noun a bird's crop or stomach, especially when gorged with food

• The spider began to craw up the wall in search of its next meal.
• I saw a creepy crawly trying to craw across the floor.
• The party was so crowded, we had to craw our way to the front.
• His fear seemed to craw up from the depths of his mind, paralyzing him with anxiety.

noun a sharp, hooked claw of a bird of prey or other predatory animal

• The eagle used its sharp talons to catch its prey.
• Did you see the size of that bird's talons?
• Those talons are wicked sharp!
• Her words had the emotional talons of a hawk, piercing deep into his heart.

noun a bone in the foot of vertebrates, situated between the tibia and the metatarsus

• The tarsus is the cluster of small bones in the foot between the ankle and the metatarsus.
• I sprained my tarsus playing basketball last week.
• My tarsus is killing me after standing all day at work.
• The tarsus of the city, the bustling downtown area, never sleeps.

noun a structure extending from the side of an object, such as an aircraft or building

verb to travel through the air by using wings

• The bird's left wing was injured in the collision.
• I saw a huge bird with a massive wing flying overhead.
• That car has some serious horsepower under the hood, it's like having wings.
• With her creativity as her wing, she soared to new heights in her career.

noun a common cavity at the end of the digestive tract for the release of both excretory and genital products in vertebrates

• The cloaca is a common opening for the digestive, reproductive, and urinary tracts in birds.
• I learned that birds have a cloaca which serves as a multi-purpose opening.
• I can't believe I just saw that bird poop out of its cloaca!
• The company's financial department is like the cloaca of the organization, handling all the messy stuff behind the scenes.