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THUNDERBIRD
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Dictionary entry overview: What does thunderbird mean?
• THUNDERBIRD (noun)
The noun THUNDERBIRD has 1 sense:
1. (mythology) the spirit of thunder and lightning believed by some Native Americans to take the shape of a great bird
Familiarity information: THUNDERBIRD used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
(mythology) the spirit of thunder and lightning believed by some Native Americans to take the shape of a great bird
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("thunderbird" is a kind of...):
disembodied spirit; spirit (any incorporeal supernatural being that can become visible (or audible) to human beings)
Domain category:
mythology (myths collectively; the body of stories associated with a culture or institution or person)
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