SCRUB-BIRD

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Meaning:

Small fast-running Australian bird resembling a wren and frequenting brush or scrub

Synonyms:

scrub-bird; scrub bird; scrubbird

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("scrub-bird" is a kind of...):

passeriform bird; passerine (perching birds mostly small and living near the ground with feet having 4 toes arranged to allow for gripping the perch; most are songbirds; hatchlings are helpless)

Holonyms ("scrub-bird" is a member of...):

Atrichornis; genus Atrichornis (type genus of the Atrichornithidae)

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