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TICHODROME
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Crimson-and-grey songbird that inhabits town walls and mountain cliffs of southern Eurasia and northern Africa
Synonyms:
Tichodroma muriaria; tichodrome; wall creeper
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("tichodrome" is a kind of...):
creeper; tree creeper (any of various small insectivorous birds of the northern hemisphere that climb up a tree trunk supporting themselves on stiff tail feathers and their feet)
Holonyms ("tichodrome" is a member of...):
genus Tichodroma; Tichodroma (wall creepers; in some classifications placed in family Sittidae)