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INDIGO BIRD

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does indigo bird mean? 

INDIGO BIRD (noun)
  The noun INDIGO BIRD has 1 sense:

1. small deep blue North American buntingplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


INDIGO BIRD (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Small deep blue North American bunting

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

indigo bird; indigo bunting; indigo finch; Passerina cyanea

Hypernyms ("indigo bird" is a kind of...):

bunting (any of numerous seed-eating songbirds of Europe or North America)

Holonyms ("indigo bird" is a member of...):

genus Passerina; Passerina (a genus of small North American finches including the New World buntings)


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