Found 2 items, similar to Junco hyemalis.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: Junco hyemalis
Junco hyemalis
n : common North American junco having gray plumage and eyes
with dark brown irises [syn:
dark-eyed junco,
slate-colored junco
]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Junco hyemalis
Snowbird
\Snow"bird\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
(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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