firebird
any of several small birds having bright red or orange plumage, especially the Baltimore oriole.
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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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Old Peter's Russian Tales | Arthur Ransome
Peter had heard him called the firebird, and now he understood why.
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British Dictionary definitions for firebird
/ (ˈfaɪəˌbɜːd) /
mainly US any of various songbirds having a bright red plumage, esp the Baltimore oriole
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