SAYORNIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Sayornis mean? 

• SAYORNIS (noun)
  The noun SAYORNIS has 1 sense:

1. phoebes

  Familiarity information: SAYORNIS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SAYORNIS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Phoebes

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

genus Sayornis; Sayornis

Hypernyms ("Sayornis" is a kind of...):

bird genus (a genus of birds)

Meronyms (members of "Sayornis"):

phoebe; phoebe bird; Sayornis phoebe (small dun-colored North American flycatcher)

Holonyms ("Sayornis" is a member of...):

superfamily Tyrannidae; Tyrannidae (New World tyrant flycatchers most numerous in Central America and South America but also in the United States and Canada)