FIREBIRD

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does firebird mean? 

• FIREBIRD (noun)
  The noun FIREBIRD has 3 senses:

1. the male is bright red with black wings and tail

2. eastern subspecies of northern oriole

3. tropical American flycatcher found as far north as southern Texas and Arizona; adult male has bright scarlet and black plumage

  Familiarity information: FIREBIRD used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FIREBIRD (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The male is bright red with black wings and tail

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

firebird; Piranga olivacea; redbird; scarlet tanager

Hypernyms ("firebird" is a kind of...):

tanager (any of numerous New World woodland birds having brightly colored males)

Holonyms ("firebird" is a member of...):

genus Piranga; Piranga (a genus of Thraupidae)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Eastern subspecies of northern oriole

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Baltimore bird; Baltimore oriole; firebird; hangbird; Icterus galbula galbula

Hypernyms ("firebird" is a kind of...):

Icterus galbula; northern oriole (a kind of New World oriole)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Tropical American flycatcher found as far north as southern Texas and Arizona; adult male has bright scarlet and black plumage

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

firebird; Pyrocephalus rubinus mexicanus; vermillion flycatcher

Hypernyms ("firebird" is a kind of...):

flycatcher; New World flycatcher; tyrant bird; tyrant flycatcher (large American birds that characteristically catch insects on the wing)

Holonyms ("firebird" is a member of...):

genus Pyrocephalus; Pyrocephalus (a genus of Tyrannidae)