thunderbird
noun
- mythological bird
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ˈθʌndə(ɹ).bɜː(ɹ)d/ / /ˈθʌndə.bɜːd/ / /ˈθʌndɚ.bɝd/
name
Etymology: The railway sense is derived from the 1960s TV series Thunderbirds, about a secretive high-tech rescue organization, ultimately from thunderbird.
- Mozilla Thunderbird.
- Ford Thunderbird.
noun
Etymology: From thunder + bird.
- A mythological bird, often associated with stormy weather, especially in various indigenous North American mythologies.
“A man there was, grim his expression, just like a Thunderbird his features were frightening.”
“The Thunderbird, one of the most powerful symbols of Indigenous American mythology, borrows heavily from eagle features.”
- The golden whistler, an Australian insectivorous songbird (Pachycephala pectoralis, formerly Pachycephala gutturalis), whose male is conspicuously marked with black and yellow, and has a black crescent on the breast.