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LUSCINIA

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Nightingales

Synonyms:

genus Luscinia; Luscinia

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

bird genus (a genus of birds)

Meronyms (members of "Luscinia"):

Luscinia megarhynchos; nightingale (European songbird noted for its melodious nocturnal song)

Luscinia luscinia; thrush nightingale (large nightingale of eastern Europe)

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

family Turdidae; Turdidae (thrushes; in some classifications considered a subfamily (Turdinae) of the family Muscicapidae)

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