Meaning

3 senses
  1. Any of various North American birds of the genus Sialia in the thrush family. Their plumage is blue or blue and red.

    Hüttensänger

    лазу́рная пти́цаlazúrnaja ptíca, сиа́лияsiálija

    blue North American songbird

  2. Any of various African starlings of the genus Lamprotornis, family Sturnidae, having predominantly glossy blue plumage.

  3. An unexpectedly profitable or large deal that comes to a salesperson with minimal effort.

Examples

3 sentences
  1. The bluebird carries the sky on his back.

    ruСинешейка носит небо на своей спине. — Balamax

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  2. Bluebirds are carnivorous.

  3. The eastern bluebird is the state bird of Missouri and New York.

Translations

7 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
bird of Sialia:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
bird of Sialia:

Origin

From blue + bird.

From blue + bird.

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Forms

plural: bluebirds
Singularbluebird
Pluralbluebirds

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • fruit-eating mostly brilliant blue songbird of the East Indies:fairy bluebird

Word family

4 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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