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Thunderbird
//ˈθʌndə.bɜːd// name, noun
Definitions
Proper Noun
- 1 Mozilla Thunderbird.
- 2 Ford Thunderbird. US
Noun
- 1 A mythological bird, often associated with stormy weather, especially in various indigenous North American mythologies.
"A man there was, grim his expression, just like a Thunderbird his features were frightening."
- 2 Alternative letter-case form of thunderbird. alt-of
- 3 (mythology) the spirit of thunder and lightning believed by some Native Americans to take the shape of a great bird wordnet
- 4 The golden whistler, an Australian insectivorous songbird (Pachycephala pectoralis, formerly Pachycephala gutturalis), whose male is conspicuously marked with black and yellow, and has a black crescent on the breast.
- 5 A locomotive stored at a strategic point on the network so as to be available to quickly rescue a failed train. UK
Etymology
Etymology 1
From thunder + bird.
Etymology 2
The railway sense is derived from the 1960s TV series Thunderbirds, about a secretive high-tech rescue organization, ultimately from thunderbird.
Etymology 3
The railway sense is derived from the 1960s TV series Thunderbirds, about a secretive high-tech rescue organization, ultimately from thunderbird.
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