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Definition of Thunderbird
1. Noun. (mythology) the spirit of thunder and lightning believed by some Native Americans to take the shape of a great bird.
Definition of Thunderbird
1. n. 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.
Definition of Thunderbird
1. Noun. (UK railway) a locomotive stored at a strategic point on the network so as to be available to quickly rescue a failed train. ¹
2. Noun. (mythology) A mythological bird, often associated with stormy weather, especially in various indigenous North American mythologies. ¹
3. Noun. An Australian insectivorous songbird (''Pachycephala gutturalis''), whose male is conspicuously marked with black and yellow, and has a black crescent on the breast. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Thunderbird
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Literary usage of Thunderbird
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Mythology of the Wichita by George Amos Dorsey (1904)
"The Thunderbird had a good character and everybody thought well of him, ...
The Thunderbird was a great hunter, and the things he hunted were the ones that ..."
2. The Mythology of the Wichita by George Amos Dorsey (1904)
"The Thunderbird said: "You will see. and you will wish that you had never ...
The Thunderbird was asked to sit down, which he did, and the Coyote felt proud ..."
3. Kutenai Tales by Franz Boas, Alexander Francis Chamberlain (1918)
"The Thunderbird made a noise. Then they saw the Thunderbird flying home.
| Thunderbird said: "I am glad, now ] I have something to eat for my children. ..."
4. Kutenai Talesby Franz Boas, Alexander Francis Chamberlain by Franz Boas, Alexander Francis Chamberlain (1918)
"The Thunderbird made a noise. Then they saw the Thunderbird flying home.
| Thunderbird said: "I am glad, now | I have something to eat for my children. ..."
5. Kutenai Tales by Franz Boas, Alexander Francis Chamberlain (1918)
"The Thunderbird made a noise. Then they saw the Thunderbird flying home.
| Thunderbird said: "I am glad, now | I have something to eat for my children. ..."
6. North American [mythology] by Hartley Burr Alexander (1916)
"PLATE XVI Rawhide image of a Thunderbird for use as a headband ornament in
ceremonial dances. The image is beaded and painted, the zigzag lines representing ..."
7. Handbook of American Indians North of Mexico V. 4/4 by Frederick Webb Hodge (2003)
"The Mandan supposed that it was because the thunderbird broke through the ...
Sometimes only one thunderbird is spoken of, and sometimes a family of them, ..."
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