firebird

[ fahyuhr-burd ]

noun

1. any of several small birds having bright red or orange plumage, especially the Baltimore oriole.

firebird

/ ˈfaɪəˌbɜːd /

noun

1. any of various songbirds having a bright red plumage, esp the Baltimore oriole

Word History and Origins

Origin of firebird¹

First recorded in 1815–25; fire + bird

Example Sentences

Mick Coury was a normal teenager with a Firebird and a good-looking girlfriend until schizophrenia incapacitated him at 17.

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A look back at the dance legend dubbed the Oklahoma Firebird.

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Before he sang with Sheryl Crow, Rock drove a Pontiac Firebird in a music video.

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When we played the Stravinsky pieces here, for instance, his Pétrouschka and Firebird had not yet been heard.

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The sea piled itself into waves with crests of foam, and the firebird came flying from the other side of the world.

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Peter had heard him called the Firebird, and now he understood why.

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Dost thou know the firebird, with his coat of red, and the yellow finches and the bluebirds?

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