thunderbird

English - Turkish

Definition of thunderbird in English Turkish dictionary: (Mitoloji) gökgürültüsü kuşu
thunderbirds: (Askeri) Amerikan hava kuvvetleri savaş uçakları akrobasi takımı

English - English

Definition of thunderbird in English English dictionary: A spirit of thunder, lightning, and rain in the form of a huge bird in the mythology of certain Native American peoples; In North American Indian mythology, a powerful spirit in the form of a bird that watered the earth and made vegetation grow. Lightning was believed to flash from its eyes or beak, and the beating of its wings was thought to represent rolling thunder. The thunderbird was often portrayed with an extra head on its abdomen, particularly on totem poles, and it was frequently accompanied by lesser bird spirits. Though it is best known in North America, evidence of similar figures has been found throughout Africa, Asia, and Europe; (mythology) the spirit of thunder and lightning believed by some Native Americans to take the shape of a great bird; an open-source e-mail application developed by Mozilla; Called also white-throated thickhead, orange-breasted thrust, black-crowned thrush, guttural thrush, and black-breasted flycatcher; a mythological bird; {i} legendary bird of thunder; the code name for the Athlon processor with 256KB of on-die L2 cache; what Joe Suderman will be driving in 5 years as opposed to a Beamer; An Australian insectivorous singing bird (Pachycephala gutturalis); The male is conspicuously marked with black and yellow, and has a black crescent on the breast
thunderbirds: plural of thunderbird

thunderbird

Hyphenation

thun·der·bird

thʌndırbırd

/ˈᴛʜəndərˌbərd/ /ˈθʌndɜrˌbɜrd/

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