bird of passage noun - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage notes | Oxford Advanced American Dictionary at OxfordLearnersDictionaries.com

Definition of bird of passage noun from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

bird of passage

noun

(pl. birds of passage)

1a bird that travels regularly from one part of the world to another at different seasons of the year

Want to learn more?

Find out which words work together and produce more natural sounding English with the Oxford Collocations Dictionary app.

2a person who passes through a place without staying there long

See bird of passage in the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

Check pronunciation: bird of passage