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SUBGENUS PASTOR
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Only the rose-colored starlings; in some classifications considered a separate genus
Synonyms:
Pastor; subgenus Pastor
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("subgenus Pastor" is a kind of...):
bird genus (a genus of birds)
Meronyms (members of "subgenus Pastor"):
Pastor roseus; Pastor sturnus; rose-colored pastor; rose-colored starling (glossy black bird with pink back and abdomen; chiefly Asian)
Holonyms ("subgenus Pastor" is a member of...):
genus Sturnus; Sturnus (type genus of the Sturnidae: common starlings)