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ROSE-COLORED PASTOR
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Dictionary entry overview: What does rose-colored pastor mean?
• ROSE-COLORED PASTOR (noun)
The noun ROSE-COLORED PASTOR has 1 sense:
1. glossy black bird with pink back and abdomen; chiefly Asian
Familiarity information: ROSE-COLORED PASTOR used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Glossy black bird with pink back and abdomen; chiefly Asian
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Pastor roseus; Pastor sturnus; rose-colored pastor; rose-colored starling
Hypernyms ("rose-colored pastor" is a kind of...):
starling (gregarious birds native to the Old World)
Holonyms ("rose-colored pastor" is a member of...):
Pastor; subgenus Pastor (only the rose-colored starlings; in some classifications considered a separate genus)
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