"snowbird" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈsnəʊbɜːd/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈsnoʊbɝːd/ [US] Audio: En-au-snowbird.ogg [Australia] Forms: snowbirds [plural]
Etymology: snow + bird Etymology templates: {{compound|en|snow|bird}} snow + bird Head templates: {{en-noun}} snowbird (plural snowbirds)
  1. A bird, Junco hyemalis, the dark-eyed junco. Translations (dark-eyed junco): jonc fosc [masculine] (Catalan), strnadec zimní [masculine] (Czech), mørkøjet junco [masculine] (Danish), grijze junco (Dutch), tummajunkko (Finnish), junco ardoisé [masculine] (French), Winterammer [feminine] (German), Junko [dated, masculine] (German), téli sármánypinty (Hungarian), junco occhiscuri [masculine] (Italian), vinterjunko (Norwegian), vinterjunko (Norwegian Nynorsk), junko zwyczajny [masculine] (Polish), junco pizarroso [masculine] (Spanish), junco ojioscuro [masculine] (Spanish), mörkögd junco [common-gender] (Swedish), kara gözlü junko (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-snowbird-en-noun-E9KRipMo Disambiguation of 'dark-eyed junco': 49 5 34 3 8 1
  2. A bird seen primarily in the winter time.
    Sense id: en-snowbird-en-noun-v6vX5ECA
  3. The snow bunting (Plectrophenax nivalis). Categories (lifeform): New World sparrows, Perching birds
    Sense id: en-snowbird-en-noun-NS8TlxcX Disambiguation of New World sparrows: 29 7 48 4 11 1 Disambiguation of Perching birds: 25 12 39 7 15 1 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 22 8 35 12 21 3 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 26 5 41 11 13 4
  4. A person, usually one who is retired, who travels from a cold climate to a warmer one in the winter; one who overwinters elsewhere.
    Sense id: en-snowbird-en-noun-eXNlOjV- Categories (other): English links with manual fragments
  5. (US military slang) One who enlists in fall to desert after winter. Tags: US, slang
    Sense id: en-snowbird-en-noun-uV89g33R Categories (other): American English Topics: government, military, politics, war
  6. (slang) A cocaine user. Tags: slang Categories (topical): People Hyponyms (cocaine user): snow bunny
    Sense id: en-snowbird-en-noun-c5txLYR0 Disambiguation of People: 4 11 20 17 15 33 Disambiguation of 'cocaine user': 1 1 2 6 1 88
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: blue snowbird Related terms: junco

Inflected forms

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