Thunderbird

A w:British Rail Class 57British Rail Class 57 Thunderbird locomotive

Meanings

Noun

  • Alternate spelling of thunderbird
  • a locomotive stored at a strategic point on the network so as to be available to quickly rescue a failed train.

Proper Noun

  • Mozilla Thunderbird
  • Ford Thunderbird

Origin

  • The railway sense is derived from the 1960s TV series Thunderbirds, about a secretive high-tech rescue organization, ultimately from thunderbird.

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