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REDWING

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Small European thrush having reddish flanks

Synonyms:

redwing; Turdus iliacus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

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

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

genus Turdus; Turdus (type genus of the Turdidae)

Sense 2

Meaning:

North American blackbird with scarlet patches on the wings

Synonyms:

Agelaius phoeniceus; red-winged blackbird; redwing

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

blackbird; New World blackbird (any bird of the family Icteridae whose male is black or predominantly black)

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

Agelaius; genus Agelaius (red-winged blackbirds)

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