Hypertext Webster Gateway: "thunderbird"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Thunderbird \Thun"der*bird`\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
An Australian insectivorous singing bird ({Pachycephala
gutturalis}). The male is conspicuously marked with black and
yellow, and has a black crescent on the breast. Called also
{white-throated thickhead}, {orange-breasted thrust},
{black-crowned thrush}, {guttural thrush}, and
{black-breasted flycatcher}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
thunderbird
n : (mythology) the spirit of thunder and lightning believed by
some Native Americans to take the shape of a great bird
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