FIG-BIRD

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does fig-bird mean? 

• FIG-BIRD (noun)
  The noun FIG-BIRD has 1 sense:

1. greenish-yellow Australian oriole feeding chiefly on figs and other fruits

  Familiarity information: FIG-BIRD used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FIG-BIRD (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Greenish-yellow Australian oriole feeding chiefly on figs and other fruits

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("fig-bird" is a kind of...):

Old World oriole; oriole (mostly tropical songbird; the male is usually bright orange and black)

Holonyms ("fig-bird" is a member of...):

genus Sphecotheres; Sphecotheres (a genus of Old World orioles)