Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun yellowbird
2 senses of yellowbird
Sense 1
yellow warbler, golden warbler, yellowbird, Dendroica petechia -- (yellow-throated American wood warbler)
=> New World warbler, wood warbler -- (small bright-colored American songbird with a weak unmusical song)
Sense 2
New World goldfinch, goldfinch, yellowbird, Spinus tristis -- (American finch whose male has yellow body plumage in summer)
=> finch -- (any of numerous small songbirds with short stout bills adapted for crushing seeds)