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REGULUS
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Irregular inflected form: reguli
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A genus of birds of the family Sylviidae including kinglets
Synonyms:
genus Regulus; Regulus
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Regulus" is a kind of...):
bird genus (a genus of birds)
Meronyms (members of "Regulus"):
kinglet (small birds resembling warblers but having some of the habits of titmice)
Holonyms ("Regulus" is a member of...):
family Sylviidae; Sylviidae (in some classifications considered a subfamily (Sylviinae) of the family Muscicapidae: Old World (true) warblers; American kinglets and gnatcatchers)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The brightest star in Leo
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Instance hypernyms:
star ((astronomy) a celestial body of hot gases that radiates energy derived from thermonuclear reactions in the interior)
Holonyms ("Regulus" is a member of...):
Leo (a zodiacal constellation in northern hemisphere between Cancer and Virgo)
