thunderbird
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See also: Thunderbird
English
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈθʌndə.bɜːd/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈθʌndɚ.bɝd/
- Hyphenation: thun‧der‧bird
Noun
thunderbird (plural thunderbirds)
- (mythology) A mythological bird, often associated with stormy weather, especially in various indigenous North American mythologies.
- 1999, Andrew George, transl., Gilgamesh, section VII:
- A man there was, grim his expression, just like a Thunderbird his features were frightening.
- The golden whistler, an Australian insectivorous songbird (Pachycephala pectoralis, formerly Pachycephala gutturalis), whose male is conspicuously marked with black and yellow, and has a black crescent on the breast.
Translations
mythological bird
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