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( usually initial capital letter ) a member of Camp Fire, Inc., who is between the ages of six and eight.
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| 1. | any North American songbird of the genus Sialia, having a blue or partly blue plumage: subfamily Turdinae (thrushes) |
| 2. | fairy bluebird any songbird of the genus Irena, of S and SE Asia, having a blue-and-black plumage: family Irenidae |
| 3. | any of various other birds having a blue plumage |
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Blue bird
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Word Origin & History
bluebird
1680s, N.Amer. warbler-like bird, from blue in reference to its plumage + bird. Figurative use in bluebird of happiness is from 1909 play romance "l'Oiseau bleu," lit. "The Blue Bird," by Belgian dramatist and poet Maurice Maeterlinck (1862-1949).
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