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blue·bird
(blo͞o′bûrd′)n.
Any of several North American songbirds of the genus Sialia, having blue plumage and usually a rust-colored breast in the male.
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bluebird
(ˈbluːˌbɜːd)n
1. (Animals) any North American songbird of the genus Sialia, having a blue or partly blue plumage: subfamily Turdinae (thrushes)
2. (Animals) fairy bluebird any songbird of the genus Irena, of S and SE Asia, having a blue-and-black plumage: family Irenidae
3. (Animals) any of various other birds having a blue plumage
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blue•bird
(ˈbluˌbɜrd)n.
any of several North American songbirds of the genus Sialia, of the thrush family, the male of which is predominantly blue.
[1680–90]
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| Noun | 1. |  bluebird - fruit-eating mostly brilliant blue songbird of the East Indiesoscine, oscine bird - passerine bird having specialized vocal apparatus genus Irena, Irena - type genus of the Irenidae: fairy bluebirds |
| 2. | bluebird - blue North American songbird thrush - songbirds characteristically having brownish upper plumage with a spotted breast genus Sialia, Sialia - North American bluebirds |
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