dark-eyed junco

noun

: a common North American junco (Junco hyemalis)

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Bertha Masuda has a new self-help guru: a dark-eyed junco bird. Elizabeth Bernstein, WSJ, 25 July 2023 Three common terns and a common loon at the Hobbs Brook Reservoir, a common loon at Flint’s Pond in Lincoln, and an out of season dark-eyed junco in Arlington. Isabela Rocha, BostonGlobe.com, 8 July 2023

Word History

First Known Use

1974, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of dark-eyed junco was in 1974

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“Dark-eyed junco.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dark-eyed%20junco. Accessed 4 Apr. 2025.

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