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fire·bird

(fīr′bûrd′)

Any of various birds, such as the Baltimore oriole, having bright scarlet or orange plumage.

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firebird

(ˈfaɪəˌbɜːd)

(Animals) chiefly US any of various songbirds having a bright red plumage, esp the Baltimore oriole

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Noun	1.	firebird - the male is bright red with black wings and tail Piranga olivacea, redbird, scarlet tanager tanager - any of numerous New World woodland birds having brightly colored males genus Piranga, Piranga - a genus of Thraupidae
	2.	firebird - eastern subspecies of northern oriole Baltimore bird, Baltimore oriole, hangbird, Icterus galbula galbula Icterus galbula, northern oriole - a kind of New World oriole
	3.	firebird - tropical American flycatcher found as far north as southern Texas and Arizona; adult male has bright scarlet and black plumage Pyrocephalus rubinus mexicanus, vermillion flycatcher New World flycatcher, tyrant bird, tyrant flycatcher, flycatcher - large American birds that characteristically catch insects on the wing genus Pyrocephalus, Pyrocephalus - a genus of Tyrannidae

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Firebird

[ˈfaɪəbɜːd] N the Firebird (Mus) → el Pájaro de fuego

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