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GYMNORHINA TIBICEN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Gymnorhina tibicen mean? 

GYMNORHINA TIBICEN (noun)
  The noun GYMNORHINA TIBICEN has 1 sense:

1. crow-sized black-and-white bird; a good mimic often cagedplay

  Familiarity information: GYMNORHINA TIBICEN used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


GYMNORHINA TIBICEN (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Crow-sized black-and-white bird; a good mimic often caged

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Gymnorhina tibicen; piping crow; piping crow-shrike

Hypernyms ("Gymnorhina tibicen" is a kind of...):

Australian magpie (black-and-white oscine birds that resemble magpies)

Holonyms ("Gymnorhina tibicen" is a member of...):

genus Gymnorhina; Gymnorhina (in some classifications placed in the family Laniidae: Australian piping crows)


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