(figuratively) To seek for game or plunder; to thieve.
Esimerkit
The level below this is called the Phylum; birds belong to the Phylum Chordata, which includes all the vertebrate animals (the sub-phylum Vertebrata) and a few odds and ends.
He once took in his own mother, and was robbed by a 'pal,' who thought he was a doctor. Oh, he's a rare bird is 'Gentleman Joe'!
The door opened and a tall hungry-looking bird with a cane and a big nose came in neatly, shut the door behind him against the pressure of the door closer, marched over to the desk and placed a wrapped parcel on the desk.
"Ah, he's a funny bird," said Phaedra, throwing a leg over the sill.
And by my word! the bonny bird / In danger shall not tarry.
The usual visual grammar was in place – a carpet in the street, people in paddocks awaiting a brush with something glamorous, blokes with earpieces, birds in frocks of colliding colours that if sighted in nature would indicate the presence of poison.
Mike went out with his bird last night.
That ungentle gull, the cuckoo's bird.
The brydds [birds] of the aier have nestes.
For whatever reason — and there are so many to chose from — they flipped the bird in the direction of the tinted windows of the Bushmobile.
Then she raised both hands above her shoulders and flipped him the bird with each one.
Don't Touch My Bird.
Anto was out with his bird last night. Anto était sorti avec sa meuf la nuit dernière.