red-bird
/ˈrɛdbəːd/North American
noun
1Any of various American songbirds with red plumage; especially those of the families Thraupidae and Cardinalidae such as the summer tanager (Piranga rubra), scarlet tanager (P. olivacea), and common cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis).
- summer, Virginia, winter red-bird, etc.: see the first element..
2 Slang. A capsule of the drug secobarbital.
- A trademark for this drug is Seconal..
Origin
Mid 17th century. From red + bird.
- belongingness
- belongings
- be looking over one's shoulders
- Belorussia
- Belorussian
- be lost for words
- Belostok
- be lost on
- beloved
- below
- below deck
- below decks
- belowdecks
- below stairs
- below the belt
- below (the) ground
- below the line
- Bel Paese
- Belsen
- Belshazzar
- belt
- belt and braces
- Beltane
- belt bag
- belt drive