thunderbird

Entry Definition
bird species (perhaps Botaurus lentiginosus, American bittern, or Nycticorax nycticorax, black-crowned night heron); thunderbird (JW/LL)
(in oral tradition) name of spirit of the night air; thunderbird, monster in the form of a bird; (lower-case) vulture (perhaps Cathartes aura, turkey vulture)
thunderbird