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POLIOPTILA

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

New World gnatcatchers

Synonyms:

genus Polioptila; Polioptila

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

bird genus (a genus of birds)

Meronyms (members of "Polioptila"):

gnatcatcher (very small North American and South American warblers)

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

family Sylviidae; Sylviidae (in some classifications considered a subfamily (Sylviinae) of the family Muscicapidae: Old World (true) warblers; American kinglets and gnatcatchers)

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