noun
Usage: usually capitalized S
: a bird selected (as by the legislature) as an emblem of one of the states of the U.S.
the cardinal is the State bird of North Carolina
noun
Usage: usually capitalized S
: a bird selected (as by the legislature) as an emblem of one of the states of the U.S.
the cardinal is the State bird of North Carolina
Webster's New International English Dictionary. Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012