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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The typical genus of Ptilogonatinæ or Ptilogonydinæ. The type is P. cinereus of Mexico.
  • noun Extended to birds of the genus Myiadestes and others.
  • noun [lowercase] A bird of the genus Ptilogonys in any sense. Townsend's ptilogonys is Myiadestes townsendi. The black ptilogonys is Phaïnopepla nitens. See cut under fly-snapper.

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