Sekirov Dictionary

bird's-eye

/ˈbɜː(ɹ)dzaɪ/

noun 4
adjective 2
forms 1

noun4

A figure found in wood, especially hard maple, resembling tiny swirling eyes disrupting the smooth grain.
A fabric having a pattern of small circles or diamonds with a spot in each centre.
A kind of tobacco.
(informal) A fermata (notation).

adjective2

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As if viewed from an altitude; panoramic.
- There is also one of the woodblocks used to print Jacopo de’ Barbari’s revolutionary bird’s-eye panorama of Venice and the lagoon, from 1500. — 2016
Having spots resembling the eyes of a bird.

forms

bird's-eyes

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