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blue⋅bird

[bloo-burd]
–noun
1. any of several small North American songbirds of the genus Sialia, having predominantly blue plumage, as the eastern S. sialis, which has a blue back and a reddish-brown breast.
2. fairy bluebird.
3. (usually initial capital letter) a member of Camp Fire, Inc., who is between the ages of six and eight.

Origin:
1680–90; blue + bird
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blue·bird   (blōō'bûrd')   
n.  Any of several North American songbirds of the genus Sialia, having blue plumage and usually a rust-colored breast in the male.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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bluebird 
1688, N.Amer. warbler-like bird, from blue in reference to its plumage + bird. Fig. 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).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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