bluebird

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   any of three North American thrushes of the genus Sialia, whose males have conspicuous blue plumage

   A bluebird perched on the fence and searched the grass for insects.

A compound of blue + bird, referring to the prominent blue plumage of the male. The name has been used in North American English since the colonial period for birds now placed in the thrush genus Sialia.

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