bluebird

American  

[bloo-burd] / ˈbluˌbɜrd /

noun

• bluebirds
  plural

1. any of several small North American songbirds of the genus Sialia, having predominantly blue plumage, as the eastern S. sialis, which has a blue back and a reddish-brown breast.

2. fairy bluebird.

3. (usually initial capital letter) a member of Camp Fire, Inc., who is between the ages of six and eight.

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bluebird British  

/ ˈbluːˌbɜːd /

noun

1. any North American songbird of the genus Sialia , having a blue or partly blue plumage: subfamily Turdinae (thrushes)

2. any songbird of the genus Irena , of S and SE Asia, having a blue-and-black plumage: family Irenidae

3. any of various other birds having a blue plumage

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• bluebirds
  plural

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Etymology

Origin of bluebird

First recorded in 1680–90; blue + bird

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Example Sentences

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He didn’t have much time to linger, so he headed back up the hill, stopping to admire a wooden sign with a rainbow and a bluebird.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 22, 2024

When FDA announced its decision last week, it also approved another sickle cell therapy— Lyfgenia, from maker bluebird bio—that adds a gene for adult hemoglobin to similar stem cells.

From Science Magazine ● Dec. 13, 2023

The blue of the bluebird came to the attention of ETH researchers from the Laboratory of Soft and Living Materials led by former ETH Professor Eric Dufresne.

From Science Daily ● Dec. 1, 2023

And the darling bluebird of happiness has been replaced by a logo that looks like it belongs on a stormtrooper's helmet in a bad science-fiction dystopia.

From Salon ● Jul. 26, 2023

He’d run all the way to the Gran’s home, the bluebird clasped gently in his hands, and told her he’d been chosen as the next Uncle.

From "Witchlings" by Claribel A. Ortega

Dorothy belts “Over the Rainbow” underneath newly actualized bluebirds and an impressively ominous sky.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2025

I don’t like house sparrows when I see them near bluebirds.

From Salon ● Apr. 29, 2025

In spring, find western bluebirds, great horned owls and tree frogs, chipmunks, buttercups, warblers and three species of hummingbirds.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 10, 2024

Blue jays, eastern bluebirds, and indigo buntings are all blue birds, but the rich azure of an indigo bunting is nothing like the softer, sky blue of a jay.

From National Geographic ● Dec. 7, 2023

We used to have another big sassafras tree, which stood next to this one and had a knothole where bluebirds nested.

From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns

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