Snowbird

Definition: Snowbird

Snowbird

Noun

1. Medium-sized Eurasian thrush seen chiefly in winter.

2. White arctic bunting.

3. Small North American finch seen chiefly in winter.

Specialty Definition: Snowbird

Domain	Definition
Biology & Biotechnology	A finch. . . of northern regions that is related to the longspurs, breeds in the arctic regions, in winter often appears in large flocks. . . called also snowflake. Source: European Union. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Synonyms: Snowbird

Synonyms: fieldfare (n), junco (n), snow bunting (n), snowflake (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Snowbird

English words defined with "snowbird": snow bunting, Snowfleck. (references)

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Modern Usage: Snowbird

Domain	Usage
Movie/TV Titles	Snowbird (1916)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Snowbird

Domain	Title
Books	Bill Farlow's Snowbird and Winter Texan Guide (reference) Little Snowbird (reference) Snowbird (reference) Summer Hiking from the Snowbird Tram (reference) (more book examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: Snowbird

"Snowbird" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Snowbird" is used about 3 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (proper)	100%	3	202,518

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expression: Snowbird

Expression using "snowbird": blue snowbird. Additional references.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Snowbird

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day	Expression	Frequency per Day
snowbird	265	snowbird water	5
snowbird utah	227	snowbird ski lodging	4
resort ski snowbird summer ut	28	camp snowbird	4
snowbird vacation	26	6 across bering drive in snowbird straight	3
snowbird ski resort	16	snowbird travel	3
snowbird mountain lodge	15	outfitters snowbird	3
snowbird resort	14	snowbird rv	3
lodge at snowbird	13	lyrics snowbird	3
cliff lodge at snowbird	10	camper snowbird	3
ski snowbird	8	alta snowbird	3
calvert patricia snowbird	7	snowbird inn	3
horse snowbird	6	international snowbird vacation	3
association canadian snowbird	6	lake snowbird	3
snowbird ski and summer resort	6	snowbird mountain	3
snowbird trailer	6	snowbird rental	3
properties snowbird	5	picture snowbird	3
snowbird ut	5	cliff lodge snowbird utah	3
outfitters snowbird wilderness	5	151 snowbird x	3
florida snowbird rental	5	national snowbird	3
snowbird resort utah	5	plane snowbird team	2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Snowbird

Language		Translations for "snowbird"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Bulgarian		Наркоман. (various references)

Czech		Ptáèek (bird, birdie, dunlin, long-lived, long-spur). (various references)

French		plectrophane des neiges (snow bunting, snowflake), oiseau des neiges (snow bunting, snowflake), oiseau blanc (snow bunting, snowflake). (various references)

German		Kokainschnupfer. (various references)

Hungarian		Hósármány. (various references)

Pig Latin		owbirdsnay

Portuguese		siocho-branco, emberiza-das-neves (snowflake). (various references)

Russian		Юнко Зимний, �"розд-рябинник. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		osoba koja zimu provodi u toplijim krajevima, junco hiemalis. (various references)

Spanish		Cocainómano. (various references)

Turkish		Kokainman, Kar Ýspinozu, Eroinman (heroin user, junkie). (various references)

Ukrainian		�"різд-чикотень, Сніговий Подорожник. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations: Snowbird

Derivations
	Words beginning with "snowbird": snowbirds. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Snowbird"

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "snowbird" (pronounced snō"ber'd)
3	-b er' d	Bluebird, Catbird, Firebird, Hummingbird, kingbird, ladybird, Mockingbird, redbird, shorebird, songbird, sunbird, Thunderbird.
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: Snowbird

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "b-d-i-n-o-r-s-w"
	-2 letters: browns, disown, drowns, indows, robins.
	-3 letters: binds, birds, bison, bonds, brins, brios, brown, brows, downs, dribs, drown, indow, irons, noirs, noris, ornis, rinds, robin, rosin, sword, sworn, winds, winos, words.
	-4 letters: bids, bind, bins, bios, bird, bods, bond, born, bows, brin, brio, bris, bros, brow, dibs, dins, dons, dors, down, dows, drib, inro.
	Words containing the letters "b-d-i-n-o-r-s-w"
	+1 letter: snowbirds.
	+2 letters: blindworms, bringdowns.
	+3 letters: brownfields, mindblowers.
	+4 letters: bowdlerising, snowboarding.
	+5 letters: snowboardings.
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