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rainbird
[ reyn-burd ]
noun
- any of several birds, especially the black-billed cuckoo ( Coccyzus erythropthalmus ) and the yellow-billed cuckoo ( C. americanus ), that are said to call frequently before a rainstorm.
rainbird
/ ˈreɪnˌbɜːd /
noun
- any of various birds, such as (in Britain) the green woodpecker, whose cry is supposed to portend rain
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Rainbird is a local name for the green woodpecker, but as an East-Anglian name it is most likely an imitative form of Fr.
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Robin Redforth was united, with similar ceremonies, to Alice Rainbird.
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