Library / English Dictionary

KINGLET

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Small birds resembling warblers but having some of the habits of titmice

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

warbler (a small active songbird)

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

goldcrest; golden-crested kinglet; Regulus regulus (European kinglet with a black-bordered yellow crown patch)

gold-crowned kinglet; Regulus satrata (American golden-crested kinglet)

Regulus calendula; ruby-crowned kinglet; ruby-crowned wren (American kinglet with a notable song and in the male a red crown patch)

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

genus Regulus; Regulus (a genus of birds of the family Sylviidae including kinglets)

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