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jackbirds

jackbirds is the plural of jackbird.

Meaning of jackbird

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

Questions about jackbirds

What is jackbirds the plural of?
Jackbirds is the plural of jackbird.

Words near jackbirds in the dictionary

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

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