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JUNCO

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Small North American finch seen chiefly in winter

Synonyms:

junco; snowbird

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

finch (any of numerous small songbirds with short stout bills adapted for crushing seeds)

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

dark-eyed junco; Junco hyemalis; slate-colored junco (common North American junco having grey plumage and eyes with dark brown irises)

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

genus Junco (American finches)

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