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    SCRUB-BIRD

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     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Small fast-running Australian bird resembling a wren and frequenting brush or scrubplay

    Synonyms:

    scrub-bird; scrub bird; scrubbird

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting animals

    Hypernyms ("scrub-bird" is a kind of...):

    passeriform bird; passerine (perching birds mostly small and living near the ground with feet having 4 toes arranged to allow for gripping the perch; most are songbirds; hatchlings are helpless)

    Holonyms ("scrub-bird" is a member of...):

    Atrichornis; genus Atrichornis (type genus of the Atrichornithidae)

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