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SAYORNIS PHOEBE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Sayornis phoebe mean? 

SAYORNIS PHOEBE (noun)
  The noun SAYORNIS PHOEBE has 1 sense:

1. small dun-colored North American flycatcherplay

  Familiarity information: SAYORNIS PHOEBE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


SAYORNIS PHOEBE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Small dun-colored North American flycatcher

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

phoebe; phoebe bird; Sayornis phoebe

Hypernyms ("Sayornis phoebe" is a kind of...):

flycatcher; New World flycatcher; tyrant bird; tyrant flycatcher (large American birds that characteristically catch insects on the wing)

Holonyms ("Sayornis phoebe" is a member of...):

genus Sayornis; Sayornis (phoebes)


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