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tityra

tityra noun: a bird of the genus Tityra.

tityra: a bird of the genus Tityra
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Noun

tityra (plural tityras)

  1. A bird of the genus Tityra.
    • In the scrubby woods that cover most of the Yucatan, suboscines such as the masked tityra, the bright-rumped attila, and the boat-billed flycatcher are all common.1988 February 26, Jerry Sullivan, “Field & Street”, in Chicago Reader

Forms of tityra

pluraltityras

Origin of tityra

Originally a genus name used for the Black-tailed Tityra, Tityra cayana, of South America, referring to the rustic shepherd character Tityrus in Virgil's Eclogues, in allusion to the noisy, aggressive behaviour of the bird.

Questions about tityra

What does tityra mean?
Tityra means a bird of the genus Tityra.
What part of speech is tityra?
Tityra is a noun.
What is the plural of tityra?
The plural of tityra is tityras.

Words near tityra in the dictionary

  1. Titusville
  2. titwank
  3. titwanked
  4. titwanking
  5. titwanks
  6. tityra
  7. tityras
  8. Tityre-tu
  9. Tityre-tus
  10. Tiu
  11. Tiuchiu

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