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AGELAIUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Agelaius mean?
• AGELAIUS (noun)
The noun AGELAIUS has 1 sense:
1. red-winged blackbirds
Familiarity information: AGELAIUS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Red-winged blackbirds
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Agelaius; genus Agelaius
Hypernyms ("Agelaius" is a kind of...):
bird genus (a genus of birds)
Meronyms (members of "Agelaius"):
Agelaius phoeniceus; red-winged blackbird; redwing (North American blackbird with scarlet patches on the wings)
Holonyms ("Agelaius" is a member of...):
family Icteridae; Icteridae (American orioles; American blackbirds; bobolinks; meadowlarks)
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