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YELLOWBIRD
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
American finch whose male has yellow body plumage in summer
Synonyms:
goldfinch; New World goldfinch; Spinus tristis; yellowbird
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("yellowbird" is a kind of...):
finch (any of numerous small songbirds with short stout bills adapted for crushing seeds)
Holonyms ("yellowbird" is a member of...):
genus Spinus; Spinus (in some classifications considered a subgenus of Carduelis: siskins and New World goldfinches)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Yellow-throated American wood warbler
Synonyms:
Dendroica petechia; golden warbler; yellow warbler; yellowbird
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Hypernyms ("yellowbird" is a kind of...):
New World warbler; wood warbler (small bright-colored American songbird with a weak unmusical song)
Holonyms ("yellowbird" is a member of...):
Dendroica; genus Dendroica (a genus of Parulidae)
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