CONTOPUS VIRENS

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Meaning:

Small olive-colored woodland flycatchers of eastern North America

Synonyms:

Contopus virens; peewee; peewit; pewee; pewit; wood pewee

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Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("Contopus virens" is a kind of...):

flycatcher; New World flycatcher; tyrant bird; tyrant flycatcher (large American birds that characteristically catch insects on the wing)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "Contopus virens"):

Contopus sordidulus; western wood pewee (small flycatcher of western North America)

Holonyms ("Contopus virens" is a member of...):

Contopus; genus Contopus (pewees)