hylocichla fuscescens

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   tawny brown North American thrush noted for its song

   SynonymsveeryWilson's thrush

   Broaderthrush

   Part ofHylocichla

Questions about hylocichla fuscescens

What does hylocichla fuscescens mean?

hylocichla fuscescens means "tawny brown North American thrush noted for its song".

What is another word for hylocichla fuscescens?

Close synonyms include veery, Wilson's thrush. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is hylocichla fuscescens a common word?

hylocichla fuscescens is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.