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Toxostoma

noun

thrashers

• Syn: ↑genus Toxostoma

• Hypernyms: ↑bird genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Mimidae, ↑family Mimidae

• Member Meronyms: ↑thrasher, ↑mocking thrush

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\\täkˈsästəmə\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from tox- (II) + -stoma

: a genus of American songbirds closely related to the mockingbirds and containing most of the thrashers

Useful english dictionary. 2012.