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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. common North American junco having grey plumage and eyes with dark brown irises;
[syn: dark-eyed junco, slate-colored junco, Junco hyemalis]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Snowbird \Snow"bird\, n. (Zool.) (a) An arctic finch (Plectrophenax nivalis syn. 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 Junco hyemalis in the Eastern United States; -- called also blue snowbird. See Junco. (c) The fieldfare. [Prov. Eng.] [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

Junco hyemalis n 1: common North American junco having grey plumage and eyes with dark brown irises [syn: dark-eyed junco, slate- colored junco, Junco hyemalis]