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单词 junco
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junco

noun

jun·​co ˈjəŋ-(ˌ)kō How to pronounce junco (audio)
plural juncos or juncoes
: any of a genus (Junco of the family Emberizidae) of small widely distributed North American finches usually having a pink bill, ashy gray head and back, and conspicuous white lateral tail feathers

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web Moreover, when researchers forced a grayish sparrow called a junco (which has some of the lowest fledgling survival rates among the species studied) to stay in the nest for 13 days instead of 10, more lived to adulthood. Elizabeth Pennisi, Science | AAAS, 20 June 2018 Moreover, when researchers forced a grayish sparrow called a junco (which has some of the lowest fledgling survival rates among the species studied) to stay in the nest for 13 days instead of 10, more lived to adulthood. Elizabeth Pennisi, Science | AAAS, 20 June 2018

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from Spanish, reed — more at jonquil

First Known Use

1887, in the meaning defined above

Kids Definition

junco

noun

jun·​co ˈjəŋ-kō How to pronounce junco (audio)
plural juncos or juncoes
: a small mostly gray North American bird usually having a pink bill
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