Firebird

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Firebird \Fire"bird`\, n. (Zool.)
     The Baltimore oriole.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  firebird
       n 1: the male is bright red with black wings and tail [syn: {scarlet
            tanager}, {Piranga olivacea}, {redbird}]
       2: eastern subspecies of northern oriole [syn: {Baltimore
          oriole}, {Baltimore bird}, {hangbird}, {Icterus galbula
          galbula}]
       3: tropical American flycatcher found as far north as southern
          Texas and Arizona; adult male has bright scarlet and black
          plumage [syn: {vermillion flycatcher}, {Pyrocephalus
          rubinus mexicanus}]