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BLUEBIRD

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Blue North American songbird

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("bluebird" is a kind of...):

thrush (songbirds characteristically having brownish upper plumage with a spotted breast)

Holonyms ("bluebird" is a member of...):

genus Sialia; Sialia (North American bluebirds)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Fruit-eating mostly brilliant blue songbird of the East Indies

Synonyms:

bluebird; fairy bluebird

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("bluebird" is a kind of...):

oscine; oscine bird (passerine bird having specialized vocal apparatus)

Holonyms ("bluebird" is a member of...):

genus Irena; Irena (type genus of the Irenidae: fairy bluebirds)

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