thunderbird
nomattesté dans les dialogues
- Royaume-Uni//ˈθʌndə.bɜːd//
- États-Unis//ˈθʌndɚ.bɝd//
A mythological bird, often associated with stormy weather, especially in various indigenous North American mythologies.
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A mythological bird, often associated with stormy weather, especially in various indigenous North American mythologies.
A man there was, grim his expression, just like a Thunderbird his features were frightening.
The Thunderbird, one of the most powerful symbols of Indigenous American mythology, borrows heavily from eagle features.
Candace Thomas, a Tsleil-Waututh artist, provided the design for the crosswalk which now spans the intersection of Dollarton Highway and Sleil-Waututh Road. It depicts a thunderbird embracing both residential school survivors and missing and murdered Indigenous women, according to the news release.
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The golden whistler, an Australian insectivorous songbird (Pachycephala pectoralis, formerly Pachycephala gutturalis), whose male is conspicuously marked with black and yellow, and has a black crescent on the breast.
Étymologie
From thunder + bird.
Formes
- pluriel
- thunderbirds
thunderbird · A mythological bird, often associated with stormy weather, especially in various indigenous North American mythologies.
Thunderbird · A locomotive stored at a strategic point on the network so as…thunderclap · A sudden, loud thunder caused by a nearby lightning strike; a…thunk · Representing the dull sound of the impact of a heavy object…