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SAXICOLA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Saxicola mean?
• SAXICOLA (noun)
The noun SAXICOLA has 1 sense:
1. Old World chats
Familiarity information: SAXICOLA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Old World chats
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
genus Saxicola; Saxicola
Hypernyms ("Saxicola" is a kind of...):
bird genus (a genus of birds)
Meronyms (members of "Saxicola"):
chat; Old World chat (songbirds having a chattering call)
Holonyms ("Saxicola" is a member of...):
family Turdidae; Turdidae (thrushes; in some classifications considered a subfamily (Turdinae) of the family Muscicapidae)
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