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EUROPEAN ROLLER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does European roller mean?
• EUROPEAN ROLLER (noun)
The noun EUROPEAN ROLLER has 1 sense:
1. common European blue-and-green roller with a reddish-brown back
Familiarity information: EUROPEAN ROLLER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Common European blue-and-green roller with a reddish-brown back
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Coracias garrulus; European roller
Hypernyms ("European roller" is a kind of...):
roller (Old World bird that tumbles or rolls in flight; related to kingfishers)
Holonyms ("European roller" is a member of...):
Coracias; genus Coracias (type genus of the Coraciidae)
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