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indigo bunting

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indigo bunting
n.
A small common finch (Passerina cyanea) of North and Central America, the male of which has deep blue plumage.
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Noun1.indigo buntingindigo bunting - small deep blue North American bunting
indigo bird, indigo finch, Passerina cyanea
bunting - any of numerous seed-eating songbirds of Europe or North America
genus Passerina, Passerina - a genus of small North American finches including the New World buntings
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