PYROCEPHALUS RUBINUS MEXICANUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Pyrocephalus rubinus mexicanus mean? 

• PYROCEPHALUS RUBINUS MEXICANUS (noun)
  The noun PYROCEPHALUS RUBINUS MEXICANUS has 1 sense:

1. tropical American flycatcher found as far north as southern Texas and Arizona; adult male has bright scarlet and black plumage

  Familiarity information: PYROCEPHALUS RUBINUS MEXICANUS used as a noun is very rare.

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• PYROCEPHALUS RUBINUS MEXICANUS (noun)

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Meaning:

Tropical American flycatcher found as far north as southern Texas and Arizona; adult male has bright scarlet and black plumage

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Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

firebird; Pyrocephalus rubinus mexicanus; vermillion flycatcher

Hypernyms ("Pyrocephalus rubinus mexicanus" is a kind of...):

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

Holonyms ("Pyrocephalus rubinus mexicanus" is a member of...):

genus Pyrocephalus; Pyrocephalus (a genus of Tyrannidae)