firebird

2 definitions found

firebird - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Firebird \Fire"bird`\, n. (Zool.)
     The Baltimore oriole.
     [1913 Webster]

firebird - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  firebird
      n 1: the male is bright red with black wings and tail [syn:
           scarlet tanager, Piranga olivacea, redbird,
           firebird]
      2: eastern subspecies of northern oriole [syn: Baltimore   oriole
         , Baltimore bird, hangbird, firebird, Icterus   galbula galbula
         ]
      3: tropical American flycatcher found as far north as southern
         Texas and Arizona; adult male has bright scarlet and black
         plumage [syn: vermillion flycatcher, firebird,
         Pyrocephalus rubinus mexicanus]