Definitions for yellowbirdˈyɛl oʊˌbɜrd

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

yel•low•birdˈyɛl oʊˌbɜrd(n.)

  1. any of various birds with yellow plumage, as the yellow warbler or goldfinch.

    Category: Ornithology

Origin of yellowbird:

1695–1705

Princeton's WordNet

  1. yellow warbler, golden warbler, yellowbird, Dendroica petechia(noun)

    yellow-throated American wood warbler

  2. New World goldfinch, goldfinch, yellowbird, Spinus tristis(noun)

    American finch whose male has yellow body plumage in summer

Wiktionary

  1. yellowbird(Noun)

    The yellow warbler

  2. yellowbird(Noun)

    the American goldfinch

Webster Dictionary

  1. Yellowbird(noun)

    the American goldfinch, or thistle bird. See Goldfinch

  2. Yellowbird(noun)

    the common yellow warbler; -- called also summer yellowbird. See Illust. of Yellow warbler, under Yellow, a


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