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a sky-beast born from lightning, then reborn as a Ford that outran its own myth.
means A powerful supernatural bird from Indigenous North American mythology whose beating wings make thunder and whose eyes flash lightning — and, since the 1950s, the name of a Ford car (and a Mozilla email program) borrowed from it.
from From English thunder + bird, a direct translation of the creature's name in several Indigenous North American languages, where stories of a vast bird that summons storms appear across many Pacific Northwest, Plains, and other nations. English speakers adopted the compound in the 19th century as a label for these beings. Ford later lifted the word for its sporty coupe in the mid-20th century, and Mozilla borrowed it again for an email client — each new owner trading on the original's sense of speed and elemental power.
- flapping wings
- Native legend says its wingbeats make thunder roll
- ford classic
- 1955 debut beat Corvette sales nearly 24-to-one
- storm hunter
- Said to clutch killer whales in its talons
- airport name
- USAF aerobatic squadron flies F-16s as the Thunderbirds
- cheap wine
- A notorious fortified bottle shares the legendary name
thunderbird car — ford's iconic american convertible produced from 1955-2005, over 4.4 million sold
thunderbird tv series — british sci-fi puppet show (1965-1966) about international rescue vehicles
thunderbird airline — saudi arabian airline established 1965, operated until 1990