PYRRHULOXIA

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Crested grey-and-red bird of southwest United States and Mexico

Synonyms:

pyrrhuloxia; Pyrrhuloxia sinuata

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Nouns denoting animals

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

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

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

genus Pyrrhuloxia (large showy finches related to cardinals)

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