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PHOENICURUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Phoenicurus mean?
• PHOENICURUS (noun)
The noun PHOENICURUS has 1 sense:
1. Old World thrushes
Familiarity information: PHOENICURUS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Old World thrushes
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
genus Phoenicurus; Phoenicurus
Hypernyms ("Phoenicurus" is a kind of...):
bird genus (a genus of birds)
Meronyms (members of "Phoenicurus"):
redstart; redtail (European songbird with a reddish breast and tail; related to Old World robins)
Holonyms ("Phoenicurus" is a member of...):
family Turdidae; Turdidae (thrushes; in some classifications considered a subfamily (Turdinae) of the family Muscicapidae)
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