TURDUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Turdus mean? 

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

1. type genus of the Turdidae

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• TURDUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Type genus of the Turdidae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

genus Turdus; Turdus

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

bird genus (a genus of birds)

Meronyms (members of "Turdus"):

missel thrush; mistle thrush; mistletoe thrush; Turdus viscivorus (large European thrush that feeds on mistletoe berries)

mavis; song thrush; throstle; Turdus philomelos (common Old World thrush noted for its song)

fieldfare; snowbird; Turdus pilaris (medium-sized Eurasian thrush seen chiefly in winter)

redwing; Turdus iliacus (small European thrush having reddish flanks)

blackbird; European blackbird; merl; merle; ousel; ouzel; Turdus merula (common black European thrush)

ring blackbird; ring ouzel; ring thrush; Turdus torquatus (European thrush common in rocky areas; the male has blackish plumage with a white band around the neck)

American robin; robin; Turdus migratorius (large American thrush having a rust-red breast and abdomen)

clay-colored robin; Turdus greyi (robin of Mexico and Central America)

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

family Turdidae; Turdidae (thrushes; in some classifications considered a subfamily (Turdinae) of the family Muscicapidae)