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单词 junco
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junco


jun·co

J0081000 (jŭng′kō)n. pl. jun·cos or jun·coes Any of various sparrows of the genus Junco of North and Central America, having predominantly gray plumage, a gray or black head, and white outer tail feathers.
[Ultimately (either via Early Modern English junco, the reed bunting (Emberiza schoeniclus, which inhabits marshes and reedbeds), or obsolete Spanish junco ave, a bird of the West Indies with a very long and narrow tail) from Spanish junco, rush (plant of the genus Juncus), from Old Spanish, from Latin iuncus; see jonquil.]

junco

(ˈdʒʌŋkəʊ) n, pl -cos or -coes (Animals) any North American bunting of the genus Junco, having a greyish plumage with white outer tail feathers[C18: from Spanish: a rush, a marsh bird, from Latin juncus rush]

jun•co

(ˈdʒʌŋ koʊ)

n., pl. -cos. any of several small, gray or gray and brown North American finches of the genus Junco, esp. J. hyemalis, a common winter resident of the U.S. Also called snowbird. [1700–10; < Sp: rush, bird found in rush beds < Latin juncus rush]
Thesaurus
Noun1.junco - small North American finch seen chiefly in winterjunco - small North American finch seen chiefly in wintersnowbirdfinch - any of numerous small songbirds with short stout bills adapted for crushing seedsgenus Junco - American finchesdark-eyed junco, Junco hyemalis, slate-colored junco - common North American junco having grey plumage and eyes with dark brown irises

junco


junco

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snowbird,

small seed-eating bird of North America closely related to the sparrowssparrow,
common name of various small brown-and-gray perching birds. New World birds called sparrows are members of the finch family. They were named for their resemblance to the English sparrow and the European tree sparrow (members of the weaverbird family), both introduced in
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. Juncos have white underparts and gray (sometimes also brown) backs. They travel in flocks. The dark-eyed junco is the most common species, comprising in E North America the subgroup sometimes called the slate-colored junco, and several Western varieties. Juncos belong to the genus Junco and are classified in the phylum ChordataChordata
, phylum of animals having a notochord, or dorsal stiffening rod, as the chief internal skeletal support at some stage of their development. Most chordates are vertebrates (animals with backbones), but the phylum also includes some small marine invertebrate animals.
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, subphylum Vertebrata, class Aves, order Passeriformes, family Emberizidae.

junco

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Related to junco: Dark eyed junco
  • noun

Synonyms for junco

noun small North American finch seen chiefly in winter

Synonyms

  • snowbird

Related Words

  • finch
  • genus Junco
  • dark-eyed junco
  • Junco hyemalis
  • slate-colored junco
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