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juncoes

juncoes is the plural of junco.

Meaning of junco

Noun

junco (plural juncos or juncoes)

  1. Any bird of the genus Junco, which includes several species of North American sparrow.
    • Among many others secured by him, I noticed the eggs and parent birds of the American Widgeon, the Black duck, Canvass-back duck, Spirit duck (Bucephala albeola); small Black-head duck (Fulix affinis); the Wax-wing, (Ampelis garrulus); the Kentucky warbler, the Trumpeter swan, the Duck hawk (Falco...1862 July, Daniel Wilson, “Science in Rupert’s Land”, in The Canadian Journal of Industry, Science, and Art, volume VII, number XL (New Series), Toronto, Ont.: […] Canadian Institute […], →OCLC, page...
  2. (obsolete) The common reed bunting (Emberiza schoeniclus), a bird found in Europe and much of the Palearctic.
    • Junco, the Reed-Sparrow; a Bird.[1658, Edward Phillips, compiler, “Junco”, in The New World of English Words: Or, A General Dictionary: […], London: […] E. Tyler, for Nath[aniel] Brook […], →OCLC

Questions about juncoes

What is juncoes the plural of?
Juncoes is the plural of junco.

Words near juncoes in the dictionary

  1. junciform
  2. juncite
  3. juncites
  4. junckerite
  5. junco
  6. juncoes
  7. juncoid
  8. juncos
  9. juncous
  10. junction
  11. junction box

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