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FIG-BIRD
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Greenish-yellow Australian oriole feeding chiefly on figs and other fruits
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("fig-bird" is a kind of...):
Old World oriole; oriole (mostly tropical songbird; the male is usually bright orange and black)
Holonyms ("fig-bird" is a member of...):
genus Sphecotheres; Sphecotheres (a genus of Old World orioles)