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jun⋅co

  [juhng-koh]
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–noun, plural -cos.
any of several small North American finches of the genus Junco.
Also called snowbird.

Origin:
1700–10; < Sp: rush, bird found in rush beds < L juncus rush
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jun·co   (jŭng'kō)   
n.   pl. jun·cos or jun·coes
Any of various small North American birds of the genus Junco, having predominantly gray plumage, a gray or black head, and white outer tail feathers.

[Spanish, reed, from Latin iuncus.]
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Word Origin & History

junco 
1706, from Sp. junco "reed, bush," as in junco ave "reed sparrow," a bird of the Indies.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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