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Snowbird
(gcide) | Snowbird \Snow"bird\, n. (Zool.)
(a) An arctic finch (Plectrophenax nivalis syn.
Plectrophanes nivalis) common, in winter, both in
Europe and the United States, and often appearing in
large flocks during snowstorms. It is partially white,
but variously marked with chestnut and brown. Called also
snow bunting, snowflake, snowfleck, and
snowflight.
(b) Any finch of the genus Junco which appears in flocks in
winter time, especially Junco hyemalis in the Eastern
United States; -- called also blue snowbird. See
Junco.
(c) The fieldfare. [Prov. Eng.]
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snowbird
(gcide) | Junco \Jun"co\, n. (Zool.)
Any bird of the genus Junco, which includes several species
of North American finches; -- called also snowbird, or
blue snowbird.
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snowbird
(wn) | snowbird
n 1: medium-sized Eurasian thrush seen chiefly in winter [syn:
fieldfare, snowbird, Turdus pilaris]
2: white Arctic bunting [syn: snow bunting, snowbird,
snowflake, Plectrophenax nivalis]
3: small North American finch seen chiefly in winter [syn:
junco, snowbird] |
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snowbirds
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blue snowbird
(gcide) | Snowbird \Snow"bird\, n. (Zool.)
(a) An arctic finch (Plectrophenax nivalis syn.
Plectrophanes nivalis) common, in winter, both in
Europe and the United States, and often appearing in
large flocks during snowstorms. It is partially white,
but variously marked with chestnut and brown. Called also
snow bunting, snowflake, snowfleck, and
snowflight.
(b) Any finch of the genus Junco which appears in flocks in
winter time, especially Junco hyemalis in the Eastern
United States; -- called also blue snowbird. See
Junco.
(c) The fieldfare. [Prov. Eng.]
[1913 Webster]Junco \Jun"co\, n. (Zool.)
Any bird of the genus Junco, which includes several species
of North American finches; -- called also snowbird, or
blue snowbird.
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Snowbird
(gcide) | Snowbird \Snow"bird\, n. (Zool.)
(a) An arctic finch (Plectrophenax nivalis syn.
Plectrophanes nivalis) common, in winter, both in
Europe and the United States, and often appearing in
large flocks during snowstorms. It is partially white,
but variously marked with chestnut and brown. Called also
snow bunting, snowflake, snowfleck, and
snowflight.
(b) Any finch of the genus Junco which appears in flocks in
winter time, especially Junco hyemalis in the Eastern
United States; -- called also blue snowbird. See
Junco.
(c) The fieldfare. [Prov. Eng.]
[1913 Webster]Junco \Jun"co\, n. (Zool.)
Any bird of the genus Junco, which includes several species
of North American finches; -- called also snowbird, or
blue snowbird.
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