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LUSCINIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Luscinia mean? 

LUSCINIA (noun)
  The noun LUSCINIA has 1 sense:

1. nightingalesplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


LUSCINIA (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Nightingales

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

genus Luscinia; Luscinia

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

bird genus (a genus of birds)

Meronyms (members of "Luscinia"):

Luscinia megarhynchos; nightingale (European songbird noted for its melodious nocturnal song)

Luscinia luscinia; thrush nightingale (large nightingale of eastern Europe)

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

family Turdidae; Turdidae (thrushes; in some classifications considered a subfamily (Turdinae) of the family Muscicapidae)


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