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Sialia

noun

North American bluebirds

• Syn: ↑genus Sialia

• Hypernyms: ↑bird genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Turdinae, ↑subfamily Turdinae

• Member Meronyms: ↑bluebird

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\\sīˈālēə\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Greek sialis, a bird + New Latin -ia

: a genus of singing birds (family Turdidae) comprising the American bluebirds

Useful english dictionary. 2012.