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jackbird

jackbird noun: a saddleback (Philesturnus) in its first-year plumage, once thought to be a separate species.

Noun

jackbird (plural jackbirds)

  1. A saddleback (Philesturnus) in its first-year plumage, once thought to be a separate species.
    • The young bird had the plumage of the saddleback, not the even chestnut of the jackbird, although its plumage was rather duller than that of the adult.1959, Robert Adams Wilson, Bird Islands of New Zealand, page 67

Forms of jackbird

pluraljackbirds

Questions about jackbird

What does jackbird mean?
Jackbird means a saddleback (Philesturnus) in its first-year plumage, once thought to be a separate species.
What part of speech is jackbird?
Jackbird is a noun.
What is the plural of jackbird?
The plural of jackbird is jackbirds.

Words near jackbird in the dictionary

  1. jackassism
  2. jackassness
  3. jackassy
  4. jackbean
  5. jackbeans
  6. jackbird
  7. jackbirds
  8. jackboot
  9. jackbooted
  10. jackbooting
  11. jackboots

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