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KINGBIRD

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Large American flycatcher

Synonyms:

kingbird; Tyrannus tyrannus

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Nouns denoting animals

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

flycatcher; New World flycatcher; tyrant bird; tyrant flycatcher (large American birds that characteristically catch insects on the wing)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "kingbird"):

Arkansas kingbird; western kingbird (a kingbird seen in western United States; head and back are pale grey and the breast is yellowish and the tail is black)

Cassin's kingbird; Tyrannus vociferans (a kingbird seen in the southwestern United States; largely grey with a yellow abdomen)

eastern kingbird (a kingbird that breeds in North America and winters in tropical America; distinguished by a white band on the tip of the tail)

gray kingbird; grey kingbird; petchary; Tyrannus domenicensis domenicensis (a kingbird that breeds in the southeastern United States and winters in tropical America; similar to but larger than the eastern kingbird)

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

genus Tyrannus; Tyrannus (type genus of the Tyrannidae: tyrant flycatchers)

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