Peabody bird
English
editEtymology
editThe name is imitative of its note.
Noun
editPeabody bird (plural Peabody birds)
- (US, dated) white-throated sparrow, an American sparrow (Zonotrichia albicollis) with a conspicuous white throat.
References
edit- “Peabody bird”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.