redbird Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the male is bright red with black wings and tail
    scarlet tanager; Piranga olivacea; firebird.
  2. noun crested thick-billed North American finch having bright red plumage in the male
    cardinal grosbeak; Cardinalis cardinalis; Richmondena Cardinalis; cardinal.

WordNet

Red"bird` noun
Definitions
  1. (Zoöl.) (a) The cardinal bird. (b) The summer redbird (Piranga rubra). (c) The scarlet tanager. See Tanager.

Webster 1913