Definitions for juncoˈdʒʌŋ koʊ

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

jun•coˈdʒʌŋ koʊ(n.)(pl.)-cos.

  1. any of several small, gray or gray and brown North American finches of the genus Junco, esp. J. hyemalis, a common winter resident of the U.S.

    Category: Ornithology

    Ref: Also called snowbird. 1

Origin of junco:

1700–10; < Sp: rush, bird found in rush beds < L juncus rush

Princeton's WordNet

  1. junco, snowbird(noun)

    small North American finch seen chiefly in winter

Wiktionary

  1. junco(Noun)

    Any bird of the genus Junco, which includes several species of North American finch.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Junco(noun)

    any bird of the genus Junco, which includes several species of North American finches; -- called also snowbird, or blue snowbird


Translations for junco

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

reed(noun)

a kind of tall, stiff grass growing on wet or marshy ground

reeds along a river-bank.

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