BLUEBIRD

bluebird

(noun) blue North American songbird

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

Bluebird (plural Bluebirds)

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Etymology

Noun

bluebird (plural bluebirds)

Any of various North American birds of the genus Sialia in the thrush family. Their plumage is blue or blue and red.

Any of various African starlings of the genus Lamprotornis, family Sturnidae, having predominantly glossy blue plumage.

Source: Wiktionary


Blue"bird`, n. (Zoöl.)

Definition: A small song bird (Sialia sialis), very common in the United States, and, in the north, one of the earliest to arrive in spring. The male is blue, with the breast reddish. It is related to the European robin. Pairy bluebird (Zoöl.), a brilliant Indian or East Indian bird of the genus Irena, of several species.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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