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CACICUS

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A genus of tropical American orioles

Synonyms:

Cacicus; genus Cacicus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

bird genus (a genus of birds)

Meronyms (members of "Cacicus"):

cacique; cazique (black-and-red or black-and-yellow orioles of the American tropics)

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

family Icteridae; Icteridae (American orioles; American blackbirds; bobolinks; meadowlarks)

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