yellowbird Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun yellow-throated American wood warbler
    golden warbler; Dendroica petechia; yellow warbler.
  2. noun American finch whose male has yellow body plumage in summer
    New World goldfinch; goldfinch; Spinus tristis.

WordNet

Yel"low*bird` noun
Definitions
  1. (Zoöl.) (a) The American goldfinch, or thistle bird. See Goldfinch. (b) The common yellow warbler; -- called also summer yellowbird. See Illust. of Yellow warbler, under Yellow, a.

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