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Answer for the clue "Anne Murray hit song ", 8 letters:
snowbird

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Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Snowbird may refer to: Snowbird, a common name for the Dark-eyed junco ( Junco hyemalis ) "Snowbird" (song) , recorded by Anne Murray in 1970 Snowbird (person) , someone from Canada or the northern United States who spends winter in warmer climates of the ...

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. medium-sized Eurasian thrush seen chiefly in winter [syn: fieldfare , Turdus pilaris ] white arctic bunting [syn: snow bunting , snowflake , Plectrophenax nivalis ] small North American finch seen chiefly in winter [syn: junco ]

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
also snow-bird , from 1680s in reference to various types of birds associated with snow, from snow (n.) + bird (n.1). From 1923 in reference to northern U.S. workers who went to the South in the winter months to work; by 1979 in reference to tourists.

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Junco \Jun"co\, n. (Zo["o]l.) Any bird of the genus Junco , which includes several species of North American finches; -- called also snowbird , or blue snowbird .

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 A bird, ''Junco hyemalis'', the dark-eyed junco. 2 A bird seen primarily in the winter time. 3 The snow bunting (''Plectrophenax nivalis''). 4 A person, usually one who is retired, who travels from a cold climate to a warmer one in the winter. 5 (context ...

Usage examples of snowbird.

Jonthose snowbirds would have left me in that sandpile until all hell froze over.

It would be easy to blame the snowbirds for the mayhem against the manatees, but Hamilton said this is not fair.

Think of how many freezing snowbirds would try to weasel a free vacation to Florida this way!

Bare lots were sold to aspiring snowbirds for three to five times the true resale value.

The snowbirds live like gypsies: some in expensive RVs, some in cardboard shacks.

Rudy Graveline could not accommodate all the snowbirds, but he did his damnedest.

They've all ready lost Jokertown to the Demon Princes and the other joker gangs, and a Chinatown gang called the Egrets or Snowbirds or something like that has run them right out of Chinatown.