Syllable division derived from spelling — this word is not in the pronouncing dictionary, so no phonetic transcription is shown rather than a guessed one.
dickey-bird is a noun meaning "small bird; adults talking to children sometimes use these words to refer to small birds". It carries one recorded sense.
small bird; adults talking to children sometimes use these words to refer to small birds
colloquialism
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for dickey-bird come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.