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phainoptila

phainoptila noun: any bird of the genus Phainoptila, of which Phainoptila melanoxantha (black-and-yellow phainoptila) is the sole species.

Noun

phainoptila (plural phainoptilas)

  1. Any bird of the genus Phainoptila, of which Phainoptila melanoxantha (black-and-yellow phainoptila) is the sole species.

Forms of phainoptila

pluralphainoptilas

Questions about phainoptila

What does phainoptila mean?
Phainoptila means any bird of the genus Phainoptila, of which Phainoptila melanoxantha (black-and-yellow phainoptila) is the sole species.
What part of speech is phainoptila?
Phainoptila is a noun.
What is the plural of phainoptila?
The plural of phainoptila is phainoptilas.

Words near phainoptila in the dictionary

  1. Phaiakians
  2. phailonion
  3. phainomenon
  4. phainopepla
  5. phainopeplas
  6. phainoptila
  7. phainoptilas
  8. phaiophyll
  9. Phair
  10. Phairel
  11. Phairen

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