junco

Meaning

1. Any bird of the genus Junco, which includes several species of North American sparrow.
2. (obsolete) The common reed bunting (Emberiza schoeniclus), a bird found in Europe and much of the Palearctic.

Synonyms

snowbird

Translations

junco

الجنك - طائر

junco

Adolphia infesta

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈd͡ʒʌŋkəʊ/

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish junco (“reed, rush”), from Latin iuncus (“reed, rush”). Doublet of juncus and possibly junk.