Akademik

Hylocichla

noun

American thrush: wood thrush; hermit thrush; veery

• Syn: ↑genus Hylocichla

• Hypernyms: ↑bird genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Turdidae, ↑family Turdidae

• Member Meronyms: ↑hermit thrush, ↑Hylocichla guttata, ↑veery, ↑Wilson's thrush, ↑Hylocichla fuscescens

* * *

\\ˌhīlōˈsiklə\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from hyl- + Greek kichlē thrush; akin to Greek chelidōn swallow — more at celandine

: a genus of thrushes containing the wood thrush, hermit thrush, veery, and other American species

Useful english dictionary. 2012.