Thunderbird
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Thunderbird refers to several things:
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Computers and software
- Mozilla Thunderbird is an e-mail and news client software package based on Mozilla.
- Thunderbird was a code-name for a variant of AMD's Athlon central processing units.
- Thunderbirds is a computer game for the Amiga and NES platforms.
- Thunderbird is the penultimate boss in the 1988 NES game Zelda II: The Adventure of Link.
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Culture
- The Thunderbird is a mythical creature common to Native American religion.
- The Thunderbird was a Las Vegas hotel and casino that operated from 1948-1976.
- Thunderbird is a fictional character in the Marvel Comics universe, and a member of the X-Men.
- The Thunderbird is a kitschy, American Indian-themed hotel in Bloomington, Minnesota, affectionately nicknamed The Thunderchicken for its totem pole shaped sign, one item in which (the eponymous thunderbird) looks rather like a frightened chicken.
- In cryptozoology, a thunderbird is a large birdlike creature.
- The Fabulous Thunderbirds are a rock and roll band.
- "Thunderbird" is a song by rock band They Might Be Giants on their 2004 album The Spine.
- Thunderbirds is a television series created by Sylvia and Gerry Anderson, notable for its extensive use of marionettes.
- Thunderbirds is a live-action film, released in 2004, based on the television series.
- Luiz Thunderbird is the nickname of a Brazilian MTV VJ and rock musician.
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Food and drink
- Thunderbird is a fortified wine.
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Military
- Thunderbird was a British Army Surface to air missile.
- The Thunderbirds are a demonstration flying team of the United States Air Force.
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Organizations
- Thunderbird - The Garvin School of International Management is a graduate school specializing in international management.
- The Seattle Thunderbirds is a Junior A hockey team in the Western Hockey League.
- The Hamilton Thunderbirds is a team in the amateur Intercounty Baseball League.
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Transportation
- Thunderbird is a high-speed train in Japan.
- Thunderbird is a name used in the United Kingdom for a locomotive kept on standby to rescue failed trains, the name coming from the television series.
- The Ford Thunderbird is a model of automobile.
- The Thunderbird Project is a human powered helicopter project at the University of British Columbia, which was covered on Slashdot on August 6, 2004 [1] (http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/08/06/216214&tid=126).
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Zoology
The word thunderbird has been used for the extinct phorusrachid giant predatory flightless birds of South and Central America.
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