Peabody bird
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]The name is imitative of its note.
Noun
[edit]Peabody bird (plural Peabody birds)
- (US, dated) white-throated sparrow, an American sparrow (Zonotrichia albicollis) with a conspicuous white throat.
References
[edit]- “Peabody bird”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.