a. [UN-1 7.] Unlike a bird; not maintaining the character of a bird.
a. 1667. Cowley, Verses & Ess., Ode upon Liberty, iii. None so degenerous and unbirdly prove,… None but a few unhappy Houshold Foul.
[1834. K. H. Digby, Mores Cath., V. vi. 185. If we would not degenerate below our species, and even unbirdly prove, we should rise to salute the dawn.]
