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JUNCO
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Dictionary entry overview: What does junco mean?
• JUNCO (noun)
The noun JUNCO has 1 sense:
1. small North American finch seen chiefly in winter
Familiarity information: JUNCO used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Small North American finch seen chiefly in winter
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
junco; snowbird
Hypernyms ("junco" is a kind of...):
finch (any of numerous small songbirds with short stout bills adapted for crushing seeds)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "junco"):
dark-eyed junco; Junco hyemalis; slate-colored junco (common North American junco having grey plumage and eyes with dark brown irises)
Holonyms ("junco" is a member of...):
genus Junco (American finches)
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