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junco|ˈdʒʌŋkəʊ|
[a. Sp. junco, ad. L. junc-us rush; cf. Sp. junco ave ‘a bird in the Indies with a very long and narrow taile’ (Minsheu, 1599).]
†a. A name formerly given to the Reed-sparrow or Reed-bunting (Emberiza schœ niclus). Obs.
b. Name of a North American genus of Finches, the Snow-birds; a bird of this genus.
1706Phillips, Junco, the Reed-Sparrow; a Bird. 1898Atlantic Monthly LXXXII. 492/2 Birds which had been isolated..might be presumed to have acquired some slight but real idiosyncrasy of voice and language. But if this is true of the Carolina junco, I failed to satisfy myself of the fact. Ibid. 493/1 This is not to assert that the Alleghanian junco has not developed a voice in some measure its own. |