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MWdark-eyed junco

dark-eyed junco

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History and Etymology
earlier caribo, borrowed from Micmac qalipu (phonetically ɣalibu, 17th-18th-century *ɣaribu), agentive derivative of qalipi- "shovel snow," going back to proto-Algonquian *maka·lipi-; so called from its habit of scraping aside snow with its front feet in search of food
car​il​lon
noun
car·​il·​lon
dark-eyed junco — MW · Shobdo