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REDSTART

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

European songbird with a reddish breast and tail; related to Old World robins

Synonyms:

redstart; redtail

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

thrush (songbirds characteristically having brownish upper plumage with a spotted breast)

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

genus Phoenicurus; Phoenicurus (Old World thrushes)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Flycatching warbler of eastern North America the male having bright orange on sides and wings and tail

Synonyms:

American redstart; redstart; Setophaga ruticilla

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

flycatching warbler (any of numerous American wood warblers that feed on insects caught on the wing)

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