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Snowbird

//ˈsnəʊbɜːd// noun, slang

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Noun
  1. 1
    A bird, Junco hyemalis, the dark-eyed junco.
  2. 2
    small North American finch seen chiefly in winter wordnet
  3. 3
    A migratory bird seen primarily in the winter time.
  4. 4
    white Arctic bunting wordnet
  5. 5
    The snow bunting (Plectrophenax nivalis).
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  1. 6
    medium-sized Eurasian thrush seen chiefly in winter wordnet
  2. 7
    A person, usually one who is retired, who travels from a cold climate to a warmer one in the winter; one who overwinters elsewhere.
  3. 8
    One who enlists in fall to desert after winter. US, slang
  4. 9
    Someone who uses cocaine illicitly. slang

Etymology

From snow + bird.

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