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FIG-BIRD
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Dictionary entry overview: What does fig-bird mean?
• FIG-BIRD (noun)
The noun FIG-BIRD has 1 sense:
1. greenish-yellow Australian oriole feeding chiefly on figs and other fruits
Familiarity information: FIG-BIRD used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Greenish-yellow Australian oriole feeding chiefly on figs and other fruits
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Hypernyms ("fig-bird" is a kind of...):
Old World oriole; oriole (mostly tropical songbird; the male is usually bright orange and black)
Holonyms ("fig-bird" is a member of...):
genus Sphecotheres; Sphecotheres (a genus of Old World orioles)
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