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yellowbird

PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: yellowbird

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yellow-throated American wood warbler
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American finch whose male has yellow body plumage in summer
FULL DEFINITIONS OF: yellowbird
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n yellow-throated American wood warbler

Synonyms:
Dendroica petechia, golden warbler, yellow warbler
Type of:
New World warbler, wood warbler
small bright-colored American songbird with a weak unmusical song
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n American finch whose male has yellow body plumage in summer

Synonyms:
New World goldfinch, Spinus tristis, goldfinch
Type of:
finch
any of numerous small songbirds with short stout bills adapted for crushing seeds
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