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Webster 1913 Edition


Thunderbird

Thun′der-birdˊ

,
Noun.
(Zool.)
An Australian insectivorous singing bird (
Pachycephala gutturalis
). The male is conspicuously marked with black and yellow, and has a black crescent on the breast. Called also
white-throated thickhead
,
orange-breasted thrust
,
black-crowned thrush
,
guttural thrush
, and
black-breasted flycatcher
.