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blue·bird

(blo͞o′bûrd′)

Any of several North American songbirds of the genus Sialia, having blue plumage and usually a rust-colored breast in the male.

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bluebird

(ˈbluːˌbɜːd)

1. (Animals) any North American songbird of the genus Sialia, having a blue or partly blue plumage: subfamily Turdinae (thrushes)

2. (Animals) fairy bluebird any songbird of the genus Irena, of S and SE Asia, having a blue-and-black plumage: family Irenidae

3. (Animals) any of various other birds having a blue plumage

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blue•bird

(ˈbluˌbɜrd)

n.

any of several North American songbirds of the genus Sialia, of the thrush family, the male of which is predominantly blue.

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Noun	1.	bluebird - fruit-eating mostly brilliant blue songbird of the East Indies fairy bluebird oscine, oscine bird - passerine bird having specialized vocal apparatus genus Irena, Irena - type genus of the Irenidae: fairy bluebirds
	2.	bluebird - blue North American songbird thrush - songbirds characteristically having brownish upper plumage with a spotted breast genus Sialia, Sialia - North American bluebirds

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bluebird

[ˈbluːbɜːd] N → pájaro m azul, azulejo m (de América)

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bluebird

[ˈbluːˌbɜːd] n → uccello azzurro

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