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yellowbird

[ yel-oh-burd ]

noun

  1. British Dialect. any of various yellow or golden birds, as the golden oriole of Europe.
  2. any of several American goldfinches.


yellowbird

/ ˈjɛləʊˌbɜːd /

noun

  1. any of various birds having a yellow plumage, such as the American goldfinch


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Word History and Origins

Origin of yellowbird1

First recorded in 1695–1705; yellow + bird

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Example Sentences

Yellowbird operatives set up rescue teams to organize and bankroll the escapes of individual protest leaders.

By the last of May all the warblers are gone from the neighborhood except the constant little summer yellowbird and redstart.

Jeremiah Yellowbird was sitting on another branch, and he was sitting perfectly still.

The yellowbird's nest came to an untimely end, too, although its start was such a bright one.

He burgled the Bluebird and the Redbird and the Yellowbird; and not one single feathered creature escaped his clever beak.

It could just as well have been redbird, or yellowbird or blackbird.

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