warbird

About 0.01 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun A warplane.
2. noun A crew member of a warplane; airman.
3. noun Synonym of scarlet tanager.
4. noun An aircraft formerly operated by the military, but now owned privately.
5. noun Any aircraft decorated in military livery for display at airshows etc.
6. noun A heavily-armed starship.

Similar words

bird war hawk man-bird broken bird birdwoman wallbird whirlybird bimotor wing ovenbird

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