phoebe bird

phoebe bird
noun
small dun-colored North American flycatcher
Syn: ↑phoebe, ↑Sayornis phoebe
Member Holonyms: ↑Sayornis, ↑genus Sayornis

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noun
see phoebe I

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phoebe bird,
= phoebe. (Cf.phoebe)

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