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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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