snowbird
Meanings
noun
- A bird, Junco hyemalis, the dark-eyed junco.
- A migratory bird seen primarily in the winter time.
- The snow bunting (Plectrophenax nivalis).
- A person, usually one who is retired, who travels from a cold climate to a warmer one in the winter; one who overwinters elsewhere.
- One who enlists in fall to desert after winter.
- Someone who uses cocaine illicitly.
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Etymology
From snow + bird.
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