PHOEBE BIRD

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Meaning:

Small dun-colored North American flycatcher

Synonyms:

phoebe; phoebe bird; Sayornis phoebe

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("phoebe bird" is a kind of...):

flycatcher; New World flycatcher; tyrant bird; tyrant flycatcher (large American birds that characteristically catch insects on the wing)

Holonyms ("phoebe bird" is a member of...):

genus Sayornis; Sayornis (phoebes)

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