blue·bird (bl  bûrd )n. Any of several North American songbirds of the genus Sialia, having blue plumage and usually a rust-colored breast in the male. |
bluebird [ˈbluːˌbɜːd]
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1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) any North American songbird of the genus Sialia, having a blue or partly blue plumage: subfamily Turdinae (thrushes)
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals)
fairy bluebird any songbird of the genus Irena, of S and SE Asia, having a blue-and-black plumage: family Irenidae
3. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) any of various other birds having a blue plumage
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
| Noun | 1. |  bluebird - fruit-eating mostly brilliant blue songbird of the East Indiesoscine, oscine bird - passerine bird having specialized vocal apparatus genus Irena, Irena - type genus of the Irenidae: fairy bluebirds |
| 2. | bluebird - blue North American songbird thrush - songbirds characteristically having brownish upper plumage with a spotted breast genus Sialia, Sialia - North American bluebirds |
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