PHOEBE BIRD

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does phoebe bird mean? 

• PHOEBE BIRD (noun)
  The noun PHOEBE BIRD has 1 sense:

1. small dun-colored North American flycatcher

  Familiarity information: PHOEBE BIRD used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PHOEBE BIRD (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Small dun-colored North American flycatcher

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

phoebe; phoebe bird; Sayornis phoebe

Hypernyms ("phoebe bird" is a kind of...):

flycatcher; New World flycatcher; tyrant bird; tyrant flycatcher (large American birds that characteristically catch insects on the wing)

Holonyms ("phoebe bird" is a member of...):

genus Sayornis; Sayornis (phoebes)