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BOMBYCILLA

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Waxwings

Synonyms:

Bombycilla; genus bombycilla

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

bird genus (a genus of birds)

Meronyms (members of "Bombycilla"):

waxwing (brown velvety-plumaged songbirds of the northern hemisphere having crested heads and red waxy wing tips)

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

Bombycillidae; family Bombycillidae (a family of birds of the suborder Oscines)

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