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BLUETHROAT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does bluethroat mean?
• BLUETHROAT (noun)
The noun BLUETHROAT has 1 sense:
1. songbird of northern Europe and Asia
Familiarity information: BLUETHROAT used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Songbird of northern Europe and Asia
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
bluethroat; Erithacus svecicus
Hypernyms ("bluethroat" is a kind of...):
thrush (songbirds characteristically having brownish upper plumage with a spotted breast)
Holonyms ("bluethroat" is a member of...):
Erithacus; genus Erithacus (Old World thrushes)
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