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snow⋅bird
[snoh-burd] 
–noun
| 1. | junco. |
| 2. | snow bunting. |
| 3. | Informal. a person who vacations in or moves to a warmer climate during cold weather. |
| 4. | Slang. cokehead. |
jun⋅co
[juhng-koh] –noun, plural -cos.
| any of several small North American finches of the genus Junco. |
Also called snowbird.
Compare dark-eyed junco, slate-colored junco.
Origin:
1700–10; < Sp: rush, bird found in rush beds < L juncus rush
1700–10; < Sp: rush, bird found in rush beds < L juncus rush
snow bunting
–noun
| a bunting, Plectrophenax nivalis, of the northern parts of the Northern Hemisphere having white plumage. |
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Snowbird
Snow"bird\, n. (Zo["o]l.) (a) An arctic finch (Plectrophenax, or Plectrophanes, nivalis) common, in winter, both in Europe and the United States, and often appearing in large flocks during snowstorms. It is partially white, but variously marked with chestnut and brown. Called also snow bunting, snowflake, snowfleck, and snowflight. (b) Any finch of the genus Junco which appears in flocks in winter time, especially J. hyemalis in the Eastern United States; -- called also blue snowbird. See Junco. (c) The fieldfare. [Prov. Eng.]
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