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junco
[ juhng-koh ]
noun
- any of several small North American finches of the genus Junco.
junco
/ ˈdʒʌŋkəʊ /
noun
- any North American bunting of the genus Junco, having a greyish plumage with white outer tail feathers
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Example Sentences
Slightly larger than the common eastern Junco, and with two white bars on the wing and more white on the tail.
This was the first junco's nest I had ever found, and no one can blame me for feeling gratified with the discovery.
Before leaving the town, our first gray-headed junco for this expedition was seen.
The little black-headed snowbird, Thurber's junco, is the most common of all the Tahoe birds.
The Junco's call-notes are a sharp tsip, a contented chew-chew-chew, and a sharp kissing call.
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