| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | a·vi·an |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  v - n |
| ADJECTIVE: | Of, relating to, or characteristic of birds. | | ETYMOLOGY: | From Latin avis, bird. See awi- in Appendix I.
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| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by the Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
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