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COLLOCALIA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Collocalia mean?
• COLLOCALIA (noun)
The noun COLLOCALIA has 1 sense:
1. a genus of Apodidae
Familiarity information: COLLOCALIA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A genus of Apodidae
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Collocalia; genus Collocalia
Hypernyms ("Collocalia" is a kind of...):
bird genus (a genus of birds)
Meronyms (members of "Collocalia"):
Collocalia inexpectata; swiftlet (swift of eastern Asia; produces the edible bird's nest)
Holonyms ("Collocalia" is a member of...):
Apodidae; family Apodidae (swifts; in former classifications included in the order Coraciiformes)
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