ACCENTOR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does accentor mean? 

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

1. small sparrow-like songbird of mountainous regions of Eurasia

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• ACCENTOR (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Small sparrow-like songbird of mountainous regions of Eurasia

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Nouns denoting animals

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

oscine; oscine bird (passerine bird having specialized vocal apparatus)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "accentor"):

dunnock; hedge sparrow; Prunella modularis; sparrow (small brownish European songbird)

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

genus Prunella; Prunella (type genus of the Prunellidae)