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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
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of firebird1

First recorded in 1815–25; fire + bird
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Example Sentences

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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