avian

[Lat. avis a bird.] [AVES.] Pertaining to birds. "... the examination of the mammalian and avian remains in the Mineralogical Department of the British Museum."-Owen: British Fo il Mam mals and Birds , p. ix. ā'-vi-a-ry, s . [In Port. aviario; from Lat. aviarium; from aviarius = pertaining to birds; a bird.] [AVES.] A building, or a AVIARY. portion of a building netted off, or a large cage designed for, the keeping of birds. "In aviaries of wire, to keep birds of all sorts, the Italians bestow vast expense; including great scope of ground, variety of bushes, trees of good height, running waters, and sometimes a stove annexed, to contemper the air in the winter."-Wotton: Archi tecture. IMG:content-0929.png:[blocks in formation] "With eyes averted , Hector bastes to turn The lots of fight, and shakes the brazen urn." Pope: Homer's Iliad , bk. iii., 402. 2. Fig .: To turn away; either to prevent from coming at all, or, if this be impracticable, to compel to depart after it has arrived. (Used of evil, misery, .) "From me, ye gods, avert such dire disgrace." Pope: Homer's Ody ey, bk. xx., 412. "... Go-from him-from me- Strive to avert this misery!" Words worth: White Doe of Rylstone, c. iv. celebrated Arabian physician, who was born near Bokhara about A.D. 980, and died apparently about 1036 or 1038.] A genus of plants belonging to the order Myoporaceӕ (Myoporads). A. to mentos a is the White Mangrove of Brazil. It is found in salt marshes in India, as well as in South America. The bark is used at Rio Janeiro for tanning.