junco
noun
any of several small North American finches of the genus Junco.
juncos
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pluralof junco.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Soon, my feeder feed was filling with black-capped chickadees, dark-eyed juncos and tufted titmice from 2,000 miles away.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 11, 2023
A male and a female goldfinch, white-breasted nuthatches, slate-colored juncos, chickadees and tufted titmice were just some we could name.
From Salon ● Mar. 31, 2023
A laboratory study of dark-eyed juncos that she includes in the book found that the birds lose 7% of their body weight while they’re at rest overnight.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 29, 2022
“I love it when they’re all singing,” he said, smiling and scanning branches where wrens and juncos darted.
From New York Times ● May 17, 2022
With her went little cedar waxwings and juncos.
From "Frightful's Mountain" by Jean Craighead George
