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WHITETHROAT

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Common North American finch with a white patch on the throat and black-and-white striped crown

Synonyms:

white-throated sparrow; whitethroat; Zonotrichia albicollis

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Nouns denoting animals

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

New World sparrow (sparrow-like North American finches)

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

genus Zonotrichia; Zonotrichia (large New World sparrows)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Greyish-brown Old World warbler with a white throat and underparts

Synonyms:

greater whitethroat; Sylvia communis; whitethroat

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

warbler (a small active songbird)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Old World warbler similar to the greater whitethroat but smaller

Synonyms:

lesser whitethroat; Sylvia curruca; whitethroat

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

warbler (a small active songbird)

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