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noun
Certain blackbirds found in the New World in the genera of family Icteridae, to wit, Xanthocephalus, Nesopsar, Agelaius, Dives, Ptiloxena, Euphagus, Gymnomystax, Amblyramphus, Curaeus, Anumara, Gnorimopsar, Oreopsar, Agelasticus, Chrysomus, and Xanthopsar.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
any bird of the family Icteridae whose male is black or predominantly black
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: blackbird
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Broader terms: New World oriole, American oriole, oriole
Narrower terms: grackle, crow blackbird, rusty blackbird, rusty grackle, Euphagus carilonus, cowbird, red-winged blackbird, redwing, Agelaius phoeniceus
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