junco, snowbird
(noun) small North American finch seen chiefly in winter
fieldfare, snowbird, Turdus pilaris
(noun) medium-sized Eurasian thrush seen chiefly in winter
Source: WordNet® 3.1
snowbird (plural snowbirds)
A bird, Junco hyemalis, the dark-eyed junco.
A bird seen primarily in the winter time.
The snow bunting (Plectrophenax nivalis).
A person, usually one who is retired, who travels from a cold climate to a warmer one in the winter.
(slang) A cocaine user.
Source: Wiktionary
Snow"bird, n. (Zoöl.) (a) An arctic finch (Plectrophenax, or 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 J. hyemalis in the Eastern United States; -- called also blue snowbird. See Junco. (c) The fieldfare. [Prov. Eng.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
4 April 2025
(verb) kill by cutting the head off with a guillotine; “The French guillotined many Vietnamese while they occupied the country”
Coffee dates back to the 9th century. Goat herders in Ethiopia noticed their goats seem to be “dancing” after eating berries from a particular shrub. They reported it to the local monastery, and a monk made a drink out of it. The monk found out he felt energized and kept him awake at night. That’s how the first coffee drink was born.
