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The science-flavored way to say bird before you say flu.
means Of, relating to, or characteristic of birds.
from From Latin avis, meaning bird, which also gave us aviation and aviary — humans borrowing wings, words, and worse.
Flu fameMost people meet the word via avian influenza
Word cousinsAviary, aviator, and avionics all share avis
Dino linkBirds are technically surviving avian dinosaurs