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Snowbird

Snowbird Meaning & Definition
Snowbird Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Snowbird?

[n] small North American finch seen chiefly in winter
[n] white arctic bunting
[n] medium-sized Eurasian thrush seen chiefly in winter

Synonyms | Synonyms for Snowbird: fieldfare | junco | Plectrophenax nivalis | snow bunting | snowflake | Turdus pilaris

Related Terms | Find terms related to Snowbird:

See Also | bunting | dark-eyed junco | finch | genus Junco | genus Plectrophenax | genus Turdus | Junco hyemalis | Plectrophenax | slate-colored junco | thrush | Turdus

Snowbird In Webster's Dictionary

\Snow"bird\, n. (Zo["o]l.) (a) An arctic finch ({Plectrophenax, or 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 {J. hyemalis} in the Eastern United States; -- called also {blue snowbird}. See {Junco}. (c) The fieldfare. [Prov. Eng.]

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