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AGELAIUS

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Red-winged blackbirds

Synonyms:

Agelaius; genus Agelaius

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("Agelaius" is a kind of...):

bird genus (a genus of birds)

Meronyms (members of "Agelaius"):

Agelaius phoeniceus; red-winged blackbird; redwing (North American blackbird with scarlet patches on the wings)

Holonyms ("Agelaius" is a member of...):

family Icteridae; Icteridae (American orioles; American blackbirds; bobolinks; meadowlarks)

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