SNOWBIRD

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does snowbird mean? 

• SNOWBIRD (noun)
  The noun SNOWBIRD has 3 senses:

1. medium-sized Eurasian thrush seen chiefly in winter

2. white Arctic bunting

3. small North American finch seen chiefly in winter

  Familiarity information: SNOWBIRD used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SNOWBIRD (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Medium-sized Eurasian thrush seen chiefly in winter

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

fieldfare; snowbird; Turdus pilaris

Hypernyms ("snowbird" is a kind of...):

thrush (songbirds characteristically having brownish upper plumage with a spotted breast)

Holonyms ("snowbird" is a member of...):

genus Turdus; Turdus (type genus of the Turdidae)

Sense 2

Meaning:

White Arctic bunting

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Plectrophenax nivalis; snow bunting; snowbird; snowflake

Hypernyms ("snowbird" is a kind of...):

bunting (any of numerous seed-eating songbirds of Europe or North America)

Holonyms ("snowbird" is a member of...):

genus Plectrophenax; Plectrophenax (snow bunting)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Small North American finch seen chiefly in winter

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

junco; snowbird

Hypernyms ("snowbird" is a kind of...):

finch (any of numerous small songbirds with short stout bills adapted for crushing seeds)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "snowbird"):

dark-eyed junco; Junco hyemalis; slate-colored junco (common North American junco having grey plumage and eyes with dark brown irises)

Holonyms ("snowbird" is a member of...):

genus Junco (American finches)