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rainbird

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rain⋅bird

[reyn-burd]
–noun
any of several birds, esp. the black-billed cuckoo (Coccyzus erythropthalmus) and the yellow-billed cuckoo (C. americanus), that are said to call frequently before a rainstorm.

Origin:
1910–15; rain + bird
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