juncos

Variant of junco

junco definition

junco (juŋ′kō)

noun pl. juncos -·cos

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

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

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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