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COLAPTES
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Colaptes mean?
• COLAPTES (noun)
The noun COLAPTES has 1 sense:
1. a genus of Picidae
Familiarity information: COLAPTES used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A genus of Picidae
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Colaptes; genus Colaptes
Hypernyms ("Colaptes" is a kind of...):
bird genus (a genus of birds)
Meronyms (members of "Colaptes"):
flicker (North American woodpecker)
Holonyms ("Colaptes" is a member of...):
family Picidae; Picidae (woodpeckers)
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