yellowbird
2 definitions found
yellowbird - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
Yellowbird \Yel"low*bird`\, n. (Zool.)
(a) The American goldfinch, or thistle bird. See Goldfinch.
(b) The common yellow warbler; -- called also summer yellowbird
. See Illust. of Yellow warbler, under
Yellow, a.
[1913 Webster]
yellowbird - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :
yellowbird
n 1: yellow-throated American wood warbler [syn: yellow warbler
, golden warbler, yellowbird, Dendroica petechia
]
2: American finch whose male has yellow body plumage in summer
[syn: New World goldfinch, goldfinch, yellowbird,
Spinus tristis]
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