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POLIOPTILA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Polioptila mean?
• POLIOPTILA (noun)
The noun POLIOPTILA has 1 sense:
1. New World gnatcatchers
Familiarity information: POLIOPTILA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
New World gnatcatchers
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
genus Polioptila; Polioptila
Hypernyms ("Polioptila" is a kind of...):
bird genus (a genus of birds)
Meronyms (members of "Polioptila"):
gnatcatcher (very small North American and South American warblers)
Holonyms ("Polioptila" is a member of...):
family Sylviidae; Sylviidae (in some classifications considered a subfamily (Sylviinae) of the family Muscicapidae: Old World (true) warblers; American kinglets and gnatcatchers)
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