firebird

[ fahyuhr-burd ]

/ ˈfaɪərˌbɜrd /

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noun

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

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Origin of firebird

First recorded in 1815–25; fire + bird

Words nearby firebird

fireball, fireballer, fire balloon, firebase, fire beetle, firebird, fire blanket, fire blight, fireboard, fireboat, firebomb

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How to use firebird in a sentence

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.
Farewell to America’s Ballerina: Remembering Maria Tallchief|Nina Strochlic|April 13, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Before he sang with Sheryl Crow, Rock drove a Pontiac Firebird in a music video.
Gwyneth Paltrow and the Rise of the Country Carpetbagger|Bryan Curtis|January 6, 2011|DAILY BEAST
When we played the Stravinsky pieces here, for instance, his Pétrouschka and Firebird had not yet been heard.
Violin Mastery|Frederick H. Martens

The sea piled itself into waves with crests of foam, and the firebird came flying from the other side of the world.
Old Peter's Russian Tales|Arthur Ransome
Peter had heard him called the Firebird, and now he understood why.
The Burgess Bird Book for Children|Thornton W. Burgess
Dost thou know the firebird, with his coat of red, and the yellow finches and the bluebirds?
A Little Girl in Old Philadelphia|Amanda Minnie Douglas

British Dictionary definitions for firebird

firebird

/ (ˈfaɪəˌbɜːd) /

noun

mainly US any of various songbirds having a bright red plumage, esp the Baltimore oriole

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