bird strike

See also: birdstrike

English

Alternative forms

• birdstrike

Noun

bird strike (plural bird strikes)

1. (aviation) A collision between a bird and an aircraft, especially one that causes an accident.
2. (transport, by extension) Any collision between a bird and a vehicle.

Hyponyms

• avian ingestion

Translations

collision between a bird and an aircraft

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 鳥撞／鸟撞 (niǎozhuàng), 鳥擊／鸟击 (niǎojī)

• Finnish: lintutörmäys
• German: Vogelschlag (de) m
• Japanese: 鳥衝突, バードストライク (ja)

See also

• chicken cannon