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thunderbird

thun·der·bird

UK/ˈθʌndə(ɹ).bɜː(ɹ)d/ US/ˈθʌndɚ.bɝd/ uncommon uk us

noun

1.

(mythology) the spirit of thunder and lightning believed by some Native Americans to take the shape of a great bird

Origin

The railway sense is derived from the 1960s TV series Thunderbirds, about a secretive high-tech rescue organization, ultimately from thunderbird.

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