SCRUB-BIRD

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does scrub-bird mean? 

• SCRUB-BIRD (noun)
  The noun SCRUB-BIRD has 1 sense:

1. small fast-running Australian bird resembling a wren and frequenting brush or scrub

  Familiarity information: SCRUB-BIRD used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SCRUB-BIRD (noun)

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Meaning:

Small fast-running Australian bird resembling a wren and frequenting brush or scrub

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

scrub-bird; scrub bird; scrubbird

Hypernyms ("scrub-bird" is a kind of...):

passeriform bird; passerine (perching birds mostly small and living near the ground with feet having 4 toes arranged to allow for gripping the perch; most are songbirds; hatchlings are helpless)

Holonyms ("scrub-bird" is a member of...):

Atrichornis; genus Atrichornis (type genus of the Atrichornithidae)