Definition of snowbird Snowbird

/snowˈbɚˌd/ - [snowberd] - snow•bird

We found 12 definitions of snowbird from 4 different sources.

What does snowbird mean?

Noun
snowbird - small North American finch seen chiefly in winter
		junco
		finch any of numerous small songbirds with short stout bills adapted for crushing seeds
		genus junco American finches
snowbird - medium-sized Eurasian thrush seen chiefly in winter
		fieldfare, Turdus pilaris
		thrush songbirds characteristically having brownish upper plumage with a spotted breast
snowbird - white Arctic bunting
		snow bunting, snowflake, Plectrophenax nivalis
		bunting any of numerous seed-eating songbirds of Europe or North America

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snowbird (Noun)
A bird, Junco hyemalis, the dark-eyed junco.
snowbird (Noun)
A bird seen primarily in the winter time.
snowbird (Noun)
The snow bunting Plectrophenax nivalis.
snowbird (Noun)
A person, usually one who is retired, who travels from a cold climate to a warmer one in the winter.
snowbird (Noun)
A cocaine user.

snowbird (n.)
An arctic finch (Plectrophenax, / Plectrophanes, nivalis) common, in winter, both in Europe and the United States, and often appearing in large flocks during snowstorms. It is partially white, but variously marked with chestnut and brown. Called also snow bunting, snowflake, snowfleck, and snowflight.
snowbird (n.)
Any finch of the genus Junco which appears in flocks in winter time, especially J. hyemalis in the Eastern United States; -- called also blue snowbird. See Junco.
snowbird (n.)
The fieldfare.