thunderbird

Meanings

1. A mythological bird, often associated with stormy weather, especially in various indigenous North American mythologies.
2. 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.

1. Alternative letter-case form of thunderbird.
2. A locomotive stored at a strategic point on the network so as to be available to quickly rescue a failed train.

1. Mozilla Thunderbird.
2. Ford Thunderbird.

Etymology

From thunder + bird.