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PLECTROPHENAX

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Snow bunting

Synonyms:

genus Plectrophenax; Plectrophenax

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

bird genus (a genus of birds)

Meronyms (members of "Plectrophenax"):

Plectrophenax nivalis; snow bunting; snowbird; snowflake (white Arctic bunting)

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

Emberizidae; subfamily Emberizidae; subfamily Emberizinae (buntings and some New World sparrows)

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