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REDSTART
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
European songbird with a reddish breast and tail; related to Old World robins
Synonyms:
redstart; redtail
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("redstart" is a kind of...):
thrush (songbirds characteristically having brownish upper plumage with a spotted breast)
Holonyms ("redstart" is a member of...):
genus Phoenicurus; Phoenicurus (Old World thrushes)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Flycatching warbler of eastern North America the male having bright orange on sides and wings and tail
Synonyms:
American redstart; redstart; Setophaga ruticilla
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Hypernyms ("redstart" is a kind of...):
flycatching warbler (any of numerous American wood warblers that feed on insects caught on the wing)
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