ERITHACUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Erithacus mean? 

• ERITHACUS (noun)
  The noun ERITHACUS has 1 sense:

1. Old World thrushes

  Familiarity information: ERITHACUS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ERITHACUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Old World thrushes

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Erithacus; genus Erithacus

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

bird genus (a genus of birds)

Meronyms (members of "Erithacus"):

Erithacus rubecola; Old World robin; redbreast; robin; robin redbreast (small Old World songbird with a reddish breast)

bluethroat; Erithacus svecicus (songbird of northern Europe and Asia)

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

family Turdidae; Turdidae (thrushes; in some classifications considered a subfamily (Turdinae) of the family Muscicapidae)