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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 plumage
Familiarity information: VERMILLION FLYCATCHER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• VERMILLION FLYCATCHER (noun)
Sense 1
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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