PYROCEPHALUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Pyrocephalus mean? 

• PYROCEPHALUS (noun)
  The noun PYROCEPHALUS has 1 sense:

1. a genus of Tyrannidae

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• PYROCEPHALUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A genus of Tyrannidae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

genus Pyrocephalus; Pyrocephalus

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

bird genus (a genus of birds)

Meronyms (members of "Pyrocephalus"):

firebird; Pyrocephalus rubinus mexicanus; vermillion flycatcher (tropical American flycatcher found as far north as southern Texas and Arizona; adult male has bright scarlet and black plumage)

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

superfamily Tyrannidae; Tyrannidae (New World tyrant flycatchers most numerous in Central America and South America but also in the United States and Canada)