blue snowbird

2 definitions found

blue snowbird - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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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  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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