yellowbird n 1: yellow-throated American wood warbler [syn: {yellow warbler}, {golden warbler}, {yellowbird}, {Dendroica petechia}] 2: American finch whose male has yellow body plumage in summer [syn: {New World goldfinch}, {goldfinch}, {yellowbird}, {Spinus tristis}]
Yellowbird \Yel"low*bird`\, n. (Zool.) (a) The American goldfinch, or thistle bird. See {Goldfinch}. (b) The common yellow warbler; -- called also {summer yellowbird}. See Illust. of {Yellow warbler}, under {Yellow}, a. [1913 Webster]