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ICTERUS SPURIUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Icterus spurius mean?
• ICTERUS SPURIUS (noun)
The noun ICTERUS SPURIUS has 1 sense:
1. the male is chestnut-and-black
Familiarity information: ICTERUS SPURIUS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The male is chestnut-and-black
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Icterus spurius; orchard oriole
Hypernyms ("Icterus spurius" is a kind of...):
American oriole; New World oriole; oriole (American songbird; male is black and orange or yellow)
Holonyms ("Icterus spurius" is a member of...):
genus Icterus; Icterus (type genus of the Icteridae)
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