Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One of several different birds of a yellow or golden color.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The American goldfinch, or thistle bird. See
goldfinch . - noun The common yellow warbler; -- called also
summer yellowbird . SeeIllust. of Yellow warbler, underyellow , a.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The
yellow warbler - noun the American goldfinch
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun American finch whose male has yellow body plumage in summer
- noun yellow-throated American wood warbler
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Examples
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As he was coming to school today he saw a little yellowbird fly from the bushes by the big tree at the corner of Mr. Brown's yard.
Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 10 The Guide Charles Herbert Sylvester
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The red-bird, the yellowbird, the indigo-bird, the oriole, the cardinal grosbeak, and others, all birds of brilliant plumage and musical ability, seem quite unconscious of self, and neither by tone nor act challenge the admiration of the beholder.
Birds and Poets : with Other Papers John Burroughs 1879
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The notes of the phoebe-bird, the purple finch, the swallow, the yellowbird, the kingbird, the robin, and others, are rendered with perfect distinctness and accuracy, but not a word of the bobolink's, though the lark must have heard its song every day for four successive summers.
Birds and Poets : with Other Papers John Burroughs 1879
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About the most noticeable bird of August in New York and New England is the yellowbird, or goldfinch.
Bird Stories from Burroughs Sketches of Bird Life Taken from the Works of John Burroughs John Burroughs 1879
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The yellowbird becomes active and conspicuous after the other birds have nearly all withdrawn from the stage and become silent, their broods reared and flown.
Bird Stories from Burroughs Sketches of Bird Life Taken from the Works of John Burroughs John Burroughs 1879
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The redbird, the yellowbird, the indigo-bird, the oriole, the cardinal grosbeak, and others, all birds of brilliant plumage and musical ability, seem quite unconscious of self, and neither by tone nor act challenge the admiration of the beholder.
Bird Stories from Burroughs Sketches of Bird Life Taken from the Works of John Burroughs John Burroughs 1879
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