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YELLOWBIRD

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

American finch whose male has yellow body plumage in summer

Synonyms:

goldfinch; New World goldfinch; Spinus tristis; yellowbird

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

finch (any of numerous small songbirds with short stout bills adapted for crushing seeds)

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

genus Spinus; Spinus (in some classifications considered a subgenus of Carduelis: siskins and New World goldfinches)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Yellow-throated American wood warbler

Synonyms:

Dendroica petechia; golden warbler; yellow warbler; yellowbird

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

New World warbler; wood warbler (small bright-colored American songbird with a weak unmusical song)

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

Dendroica; genus Dendroica (a genus of Parulidae)

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