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SCRUBBIRD
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Dictionary entry overview: What does scrubbird mean?
• SCRUBBIRD (noun)
The noun SCRUBBIRD has 1 sense:
1. small fast-running Australian bird resembling a wren and frequenting brush or scrub
Familiarity information: SCRUBBIRD used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
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 ("scrubbird" 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 ("scrubbird" is a member of...):
Atrichornis; genus Atrichornis (type genus of the Atrichornithidae)
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