redbird
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- noun
- /ˈrɛdˌbɜrd/
- US
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cardenal
- The wind whips in the tops of the pines at the edge of the yard; he hears the four ascending notes of a redbird's call, the cry of gulls.
- redbird sings
- the redbird's call
Examples
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With the sun up, the wind dies, and the redbirds and mockers fall dead quiet, and a parched heat settles in for the long day, just dry, dry, dry.
Fiction book (1990) -
The back part was bushes that formed a little thicket where redbirds nested.
Fiction book (1998) -
Above her bench, a redbird was singing.
Fiction book (1998) -
But somewhere high in the sunlit branches, a redbird sang over and over in a clear pealing voice.
Fiction book (1992) -
Perhaps he will say his sad goodbyes while lying beside her in the beech woods, where the squirrels skip, the wild deer browse, and the wistful redbird sings.
Fiction book (2000) -
Just before dawn, a redbird called from the live-oak tree outside my bedroom window.
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Male redbirds squabble with one another for territory, then show a tender side by feeding a female to court her.
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Above her bench, a redbird was singing.
Synonyms
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A North American songbird with bright red male feathers and a crest
A North American songbird with a crest and thick bill, male bright red and female brown with red highlights
A bright red North American bird with a crest and a thick beak that eats seeds
A medium-sized North American bird with a pointed crest and thick beak whose male is bright red
Compounds
A low tropical plant from Central and South America that is poisonous and makes you vomit
A bird in the central and southern United States whose male is deep red and female is mostly yellow
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Redbird is made from red + bird, so it simply means a bird that is 'red' in color. A helpful memory is the northern cardinal, often called a redbird because the male has 'bright red' feathers, so the name tells you what the bird looks like.