birddom

birddom

English

Etymology

bird +‎ -dom

Noun

birddom (uncountable)

1. The state of being a bird, or of belonging to the world of birds; birds collectively.
   • 1895, Walter F. Webb, The Museum: A Journal Devoted to Research in Natural Science, Volumes 1-3, page 337:

     The parrot particularly, which may be considered the autocrat of the feathered tribes leads all birddom in the number and variety of diseases to which it is subject.

   • 1996, Tom Horton, An Island Out of Time: A Memoir of Smith Island in Chesapeake Bay, page 280:

     As March creeps into April, the panoply of summer birddom has begun to reassemble.

   • 2006, David Moyle, Living With Peacocks, page 1:

     I doubt there is a zoo in the world which doesn't have at least a few of these gorgeous creatures strutting through the grounds, from time to time deigning to show off the most extravagant plumage in all of birddom.