thornbird
English edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
thornbird (plural thornbirds)
- Any bird of the species of genus Phacellodomus.
- A small South American bird (Anumbius annumbi) that builds a large and complex nest of twigs and thorns.
- Synonym: firewood-gatherer
Derived terms edit
- rufous-fronted thornbird (Phacellodomus rufifrons)
- plain thornbird (Phacellodomus inornatus)
- streak-fronted thornbird (Phacellodomus striaticeps)
- little thornbird (Phacellodomus sibilatrix)
- chestnut-backed thornbird (Phacellodomus dorsalis)
- spot-breasted thornbird (Phacellodomus maculipectus)
- freckle-breasted thornbird (Phacellodomus striaticollis)
- greater thornbird (Phacellodomus ruber)
- orange-eyed thornbird (Phacellodomus erythrophthalmus)
- orange-breasted thornbird (Phacellodomus ferrugineigula)
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “thornbird”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)
References edit
- “thornbird”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
thornbird on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Phacellodomus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Phacellodomus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
