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–noun

2.	snow bunting.

3.	Informal. a person who vacations in or moves to a warmer climate during cold weather.

4.	Slang. cokehead.

[Origin: 1665–75; snow + bird

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n.

Any of several birds, such as the junco and the snow bunting, common in snowy regions.
Slang One who moves from a cold to a warm place in the winter.

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snowbird
noun
1.	medium-sized Eurasian thrush seen chiefly in winter [syn: fieldfare]
2.	white Arctic bunting [syn: snow bunting]
3.	small North American finch seen chiefly in winter [syn: junco]

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snowbird

Jun"co\, n. (Zo["o]l.) Any bird of the genus Junco, which includes several species of North American finches; -- called also snowbird, or blue snowbird.

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