Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun firebird

3 senses of firebird

Sense 1
scarlet tanager, Piranga olivacea, redbird, firebird -- (the male is bright red with black wings and tail)
       => tanager -- (any of numerous New World woodland birds having brightly colored males)

Sense 2
Baltimore oriole, Baltimore bird, hangbird, firebird, Icterus galbula galbula -- (eastern subspecies of northern oriole)
       => northern oriole, Icterus galbula -- (a kind of New World oriole)

Sense 3
vermillion flycatcher, firebird, Pyrocephalus rubinus mexicanus -- (tropical American flycatcher found as far north as southern Texas and Arizona; adult male has bright scarlet and black plumage)
       => New World flycatcher, flycatcher, tyrant flycatcher, tyrant bird -- (large American birds that characteristically catch insects on the wing)