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Agelaius

noun

red-winged blackbirds

• Syn: ↑genus Agelaius

• Hypernyms: ↑bird genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Icteridae, ↑family Icteridae

• Member Meronyms: ↑red-winged blackbird, ↑redwing, ↑Agelaius phoeniceus

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\\ˌajəˈlā(y)əs\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Greek agelaios gregarious, from agelē herd

: a genus of birds (family Icteridae) comprising the red-winged blackbirds

Useful english dictionary. 2012.