Yellowbird

2 definitions found

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

  Yellowbird \Yel"low*bird`\, n. (Zool.)
     (a) The American goldfinch, or thistle bird. See {Goldfinch}.
     (b) The common yellow warbler; -- called also {summer
         yellowbird}. See Illust. of {Yellow warbler}, under
         {Yellow}, a.
         [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  yellowbird
       n 1: yellow-throated American wood warbler [syn: {yellow warbler},
             {golden warbler}, {Dendroica petechia}]
       2: American finch whose male has yellow body plumage in summer
          [syn: {New world goldfinch}, {goldfinch}, {Spinus tristis}]