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SCRUB-BIRD
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Small fast-running Australian bird resembling a wren and frequenting brush or scrub
Synonyms:
scrub-bird; scrub bird; scrubbird
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("scrub-bird" is a kind of...):
passeriform bird; passerine (perching birds mostly small and living near the ground with feet having 4 toes arranged to allow for gripping the perch; most are songbirds; hatchlings are helpless)
Holonyms ("scrub-bird" is a member of...):
Atrichornis; genus Atrichornis (type genus of the Atrichornithidae)