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SUBGENUS PASTOR

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Meaning:

Only the rose-colored starlings; in some classifications considered a separate genus

Synonyms:

Pastor; subgenus Pastor

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("subgenus Pastor" is a kind of...):

bird genus (a genus of birds)

Meronyms (members of "subgenus Pastor"):

Pastor roseus; Pastor sturnus; rose-colored pastor; rose-colored starling (glossy black bird with pink back and abdomen; chiefly Asian)

Holonyms ("subgenus Pastor" is a member of...):

genus Sturnus; Sturnus (type genus of the Sturnidae: common starlings)

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