junco
Americannoun
plural
juncosnoun
Etymology
Origin of junco
1700–10; < Spanish: rush, bird found in rush beds < Latin juncus rush
Example Sentences
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They also recognized acorn woodpeckers, a California towhee, dozens of turkey vultures circling overhead, a dark-eyed junco, a mockingbird, an Anna’s hummingbird and a black phoebe.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 11, 2023
This oil contains odorous compounds— in the case of the dark-eyed junco, it smells like leaf litter and soil.
From Scientific American • Mar. 24, 2022
Some 90% of the total loss came from just 12 bird families and 19 widespread bird species such as the dark-eyed junco, common grackle and house sparrows.
From Reuters • Sep. 19, 2019
Meanwhile a dark-eyed junco was busily at the seed Marzluff had put out in his backyard.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 28, 2016
Last year in August the junco, or common snowbird, came into the big barn and built her nest in the side of the haymow, only a few feet from me.
From The Wit of a Duck and Other Papers by Burroughs, John
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