rainbird
Speech parts
1. rainbird - Noun
2. Rainbird - Proper noun
Meaning
(South Africa) Any of the coucal species Centropus supercilliosus, Centropus cupreicadus, Centropus senegalensis.
(New Zealand) A grey warbler (Gerygone igata).
Rainbird (plural Rainbirds)
A surname from Old French.
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Examples
Carpenter had ear-marked Burt Lancaster to star as "Rainbird" and 12-year-old Jennifer Connelly as "Charly" but when The Thing was a box-office disappointment, Universal replaced Carpenter with Mark L Lester.
Rainbird Sprinkler Systems 28 yrs. experience.
While Family Plot was based on the Victor Canning novel The Rainbird Pattern, the novel's tone is more sinister and dark than what Hitchcock wanted for the film.