firebird definitions

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: the male is bright red with black wings and tail [syn: scarlet tanager, Piranga olivacea, redbird, firebird]
2: eastern subspecies of northern oriole [syn: Baltimore oriole, Baltimore bird, hangbird, firebird, Icterus galbula galbula]
3: tropical American flycatcher found as far north as southern Texas and Arizona; adult male has bright scarlet and black plumage [syn: vermillion flycatcher, firebird, Pyrocephalus rubinus mexicanus]

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Firebird Fire"bird`, n. (Zo["o]l.) The Baltimore oriole.