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GYMNORHINA TIBICEN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Gymnorhina tibicen mean?
• GYMNORHINA TIBICEN (noun)
The noun GYMNORHINA TIBICEN has 1 sense:
1. crow-sized black-and-white bird; a good mimic often caged
Familiarity information: GYMNORHINA TIBICEN used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Crow-sized black-and-white bird; a good mimic often caged
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Gymnorhina tibicen; piping crow; piping crow-shrike
Hypernyms ("Gymnorhina tibicen" is a kind of...):
Australian magpie (black-and-white oscine birds that resemble magpies)
Holonyms ("Gymnorhina tibicen" is a member of...):
genus Gymnorhina; Gymnorhina (in some classifications placed in the family Laniidae: Australian piping crows)
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