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CHICKADEE

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Any of various small grey-and-black songbirds of North America

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Nouns denoting animals

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

tit; titmouse (small insectivorous birds)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "chickadee"):

black-capped chickadee; blackcap; Parus atricapillus (chickadee having a dark crown)

Carolina chickadee; Parus carolinensis (southern United States chickadee similar to the blackcap but smaller)

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

genus Parus; Parus (type genus of the family Paridae)

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