dead bird
Lifeless feathered creature
A dead bird is a bird that has died.
The phrase appears literally when finding a deceased bird: There's a dead bird on the sidewalk.
Figuratively, something described as a dead bird is doomed or certain to fail—an outcome as inevitable as a bird that's already stopped breathing.
- carcassSlaughtered animal's body
- remainsContinues in place
- corpseDeceased human body
- extinction eventsCatastrophes eliminating many species
- omenProphetic indicator
crow · carrion · fragility · circle of life · decomposition · taxidermy · still life · mourning · decay · skeletal remains · wildlife rehabilitation · rebirth · scavenger · sparrow · nest · bad omen · stiff · lifeless
- animal remainsbones, bone, skeleton, carcass, carrion
- Clay Shootingclay pigeon, clay pigeons, clay targets, clays, skeet
- gundog trainingheel, sit, stay, come, fetch
- omensomens, omen, portent, portents, signs
- death omensbanshee, Grim Reaper, harbinger, corpse candle, deathwatch beetle