tyrannus vociferans

1. 1.

   a kingbird seen in the southwestern United States; largely grey with a yellow abdomen

   SynonymsCassin's kingbird

   Broaderkingbird

Questions about tyrannus vociferans

What does tyrannus vociferans mean?

tyrannus vociferans means "a kingbird seen in the southwestern United States; largely grey with a yellow abdomen".

What is another word for tyrannus vociferans?

Close synonyms include Cassin's kingbird. 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 tyrannus vociferans a common word?

tyrannus vociferans 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.