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Definition: blue snowbird
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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Junco
\Jun"co\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
Any bird of the genus
Junco, which includes several species
of North American finches; -- called also
snowbird, or
blue snowbird.
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