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TOXOSTOMA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Toxostoma mean?
• TOXOSTOMA (noun)
The noun TOXOSTOMA has 1 sense:
1. thrashers
Familiarity information: TOXOSTOMA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Thrashers
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
genus Toxostoma; Toxostoma
Hypernyms ("Toxostoma" is a kind of...):
bird genus (a genus of birds)
Meronyms (members of "Toxostoma"):
mocking thrush; thrasher (thrush-like American songbird able to mimic other birdsongs)
Holonyms ("Toxostoma" is a member of...):
family Mimidae; Mimidae (sometimes considered a subfamily of Troglodytidae: mockingbirds; catbirds; thrashers)
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