Thunderbird
See also: thunderbird
English
A British Rail Class 57 Thunderbird locomotive
Etymology
The railway sense is derived from the 1960s TV series Thunderbirds, about a secretive high-tech rescue organization, ultimately from thunderbird.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈθʌndə(ɹ).bɜː(ɹ)d/
Noun
Thunderbird (plural Thunderbirds)
- Alternative letter-case form of thunderbird
- (UK, rail transport) A locomotive stored at a strategic point on the network so as to be available to quickly rescue a failed train.
Proper noun
Thunderbird
- (computing) Mozilla Thunderbird.
- (US, automotive) Ford Thunderbird.