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VERMILLION FLYCATCHER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does vermillion flycatcher mean? 

VERMILLION FLYCATCHER (noun)
  The noun VERMILLION FLYCATCHER has 1 sense:

1. tropical American flycatcher found as far north as southern Texas and Arizona; adult male has bright scarlet and black plumageplay

  Familiarity information: VERMILLION FLYCATCHER used as a noun is very rare.


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VERMILLION FLYCATCHER (noun)


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Meaning:

Tropical American flycatcher found as far north as southern Texas and Arizona; adult male has bright scarlet and black plumage

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

firebird; Pyrocephalus rubinus mexicanus; vermillion flycatcher

Hypernyms ("vermillion flycatcher" is a kind of...):

flycatcher; New World flycatcher; tyrant bird; tyrant flycatcher (large American birds that characteristically catch insects on the wing)

Holonyms ("vermillion flycatcher" is a member of...):

genus Pyrocephalus; Pyrocephalus (a genus of Tyrannidae)


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