SNOWBIRD
Dictionary entry overview: What does snowbird mean?
• SNOWBIRD (noun)
The noun SNOWBIRD has 3 senses:
1. medium-sized Eurasian thrush seen chiefly in winter
2. white arctic bunting
3. small North American finch seen chiefly in winter
Familiarity information: SNOWBIRD used as a noun is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
• SNOWBIRD (noun)
Meaning:
Medium-sized Eurasian thrush seen chiefly in winter
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
fieldfare; snowbird; Turdus pilaris
Hypernyms ("snowbird" is a kind of...):
thrush (songbirds characteristically having brownish upper plumage with a spotted breast)
Holonyms ("snowbird" is a member of...):
genus Turdus; Turdus (type genus of the Turdidae)
Meaning:
White arctic bunting
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Plectrophenax nivalis; snow bunting; snowbird; snowflake
Hypernyms ("snowbird" is a kind of...):
bunting (any of numerous seed-eating songbirds of Europe or North America)
Holonyms ("snowbird" is a member of...):
genus Plectrophenax; Plectrophenax (snow bunting)
Meaning:
Small North American finch seen chiefly in winter
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
junco; snowbird
Hypernyms ("snowbird" is a kind of...):
finch (any of numerous small songbirds with short stout bills adapted for crushing seeds)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "snowbird"):
dark-eyed junco; Junco hyemalis; slate-colored junco (common North American junco having grey plumage and eyes with dark brown irises)
Holonyms ("snowbird" is a member of...):
genus Junco (American finches)
