thunderbird Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun (mythology) the spirit of thunder and lightning believed by some Native Americans to take the shape of a great bird

WordNet

Thun"der*bird` noun
Definitions
  1. (Zoöl.) An Australian insectivorous singing bird (Pachycephala gutturalis). The male is conspicuously marked with black and yellow, and has a black crescent on the breast. Called also white-throated thickhead, orange-breasted thrust, black-crowned thrush, guttural thrush, and black-breasted flycatcher.

Webster 1913