junco

(juŋ′kō)

noun pl. juncos

☆ any of a genus (Junco, family Emberizidae) of passerine birds of North America with a gray or black head and white outer tail feathers

Origin: ModL < Sp junco, a rush < L juncus: see jonquil

See junco in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun pl. jun·cos or jun·coes

Any of various small North American birds of the genus Junco, having predominantly gray plumage, a gray or black head, and white outer tail feathers.

Origin:

Origin: Spanish, reed

Origin: , from Latin iuncus

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