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PLECTROPHENAX NIVALIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Plectrophenax nivalis mean? 

PLECTROPHENAX NIVALIS (noun)
  The noun PLECTROPHENAX NIVALIS has 1 sense:

1. white Arctic buntingplay

  Familiarity information: PLECTROPHENAX NIVALIS used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


PLECTROPHENAX NIVALIS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

White Arctic bunting

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Plectrophenax nivalis; snow bunting; snowbird; snowflake

Hypernyms ("Plectrophenax nivalis" is a kind of...):

bunting (any of numerous seed-eating songbirds of Europe or North America)

Holonyms ("Plectrophenax nivalis" is a member of...):

genus Plectrophenax; Plectrophenax (snow bunting)


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