BOMBYCILLA GARRULUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Bombycilla garrulus mean? 

• BOMBYCILLA GARRULUS (noun)
  The noun BOMBYCILLA GARRULUS has 1 sense:

1. large waxwing of northern North America; similar to but larger than the cedar waxwing

  Familiarity information: BOMBYCILLA GARRULUS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BOMBYCILLA GARRULUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Large waxwing of northern North America; similar to but larger than the cedar waxwing

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Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Bohemian waxwing; Bombycilla garrulus

Hypernyms ("Bombycilla garrulus" is a kind of...):

waxwing (brown velvety-plumaged songbirds of the northern hemisphere having crested heads and red waxy wing tips)