junco

jun·co

 (jŭng′kō)

n. pl. jun·cos or jun·coes

Any of various sparrows of the genus Junco of North and Central America, having predominantly gray plumage, a gray or black head, and white outer tail feathers.

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[Ultimately (either via Early Modern English junco, the reed bunting (Emberiza schoeniclus, which inhabits marshes and reedbeds), or obsolete Spanish junco ave, a bird of the West Indies with a very long and narrow tail) from Spanish junco, rush (plant of the genus Juncus), from Old Spanish, from Latin iuncus; see jonquil.]

junco

(ˈdʒʌŋkəʊ)

n, pl -cos or -coes

(Animals) any North American bunting of the genus Junco, having a greyish plumage with white outer tail feathers

[C18: from Spanish: a rush, a marsh bird, from Latin juncus rush]

jun•co

(ˈdʒʌŋ koʊ)

n., pl. -cos.

any of several small, gray or gray and brown North American finches of the genus Junco, esp. J. hyemalis, a common winter resident of the U.S. Also called snowbird.

[1700–10; < Sp: rush, bird found in rush beds < Latin juncus rush]

Thesaurus

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junco - small North American finch seen chiefly in winter snowbird finch - any of numerous small songbirds with short stout bills adapted for crushing seeds genus Junco - American finches dark-eyed junco, Junco hyemalis, slate-colored junco - common North American junco having grey plumage and eyes with dark brown irises