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 This is actually the second dark-eyed junco nest in our yard this summer. — oregonlive, 2 July 2023 For example, the house finch almost always dominates the purple finch, and the purple finch almost always dominates the dark-eyed junco, but when house finch and junco face off directly, the junco often dominates. — Washington Post, 26 Nov. 2021 See All Example Sentences for dark-eyed junco

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First Known Use

1974, in the meaning defined above

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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 7 Jul. 2026.

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