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ROSE-COLORED PASTOR

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Dictionary entry overview: What does rose-colored pastor mean?

• ROSE-COLORED PASTOR (noun)
The noun ROSE-COLORED PASTOR has 1 sense:

1. glossy black bird with pink back and abdomen; chiefly Asian

Familiarity information: ROSE-COLORED PASTOR used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• ROSE-COLORED PASTOR (noun)

Sense 1

rose-colored pastor ^{[BACK TO TOP]}

Meaning:

Glossy black bird with pink back and abdomen; chiefly Asian

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Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Pastor roseus; Pastor sturnus; rose-colored pastor; rose-colored starling

Hypernyms ("rose-colored pastor" is a kind of...):

starling (gregarious birds native to the Old World)

Holonyms ("rose-colored pastor" is a member of...):

Pastor; subgenus Pastor (only the rose-colored starlings; in some classifications considered a separate genus)

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