snowbird

1. A bird, Junco hyemalis, the dark-eyed junco.

   Winterammer, Junko

2. A migratory bird seen primarily in the winter time.

   small North American finch seen chiefly in winter

3. The snow bunting (Plectrophenax nivalis).

   white Arctic bunting

4. A person, usually one who is retired, who travels from a cold climate to a warmer one in the winter; one who overwinters elsewhere.

5. (US, slang)One who enlists in fall to desert after winter.

6. (slang)Someone who uses cocaine illicitly.

1. Just like the human "snowbirds" who fly south for the winter, saltwater fish often cruise to warmer climes when the mercury plummets.

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2. "I thought Mary lived in Florida." "No, she's a snowbird."

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3. They were snowbirds who always spent winters in Texas, and summers in Wisconsin.

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