CRACTICUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Cracticus mean? 

• CRACTICUS (noun)
  The noun CRACTICUS has 1 sense:

1. type genus of the Cracticidae: Australian butcherbirds

  Familiarity information: CRACTICUS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CRACTICUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Type genus of the Cracticidae: Australian butcherbirds

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Cracticus; genus Cracticus

Hypernyms ("Cracticus" is a kind of...):

bird genus (a genus of birds)

Meronyms (members of "Cracticus"):

butcherbird (large carnivorous Australian bird with the shrike-like habit of impaling prey on thorns)

Holonyms ("Cracticus" is a member of...):

Cracticidae; family Cracticidae (Australian birds formerly included in the family Laniidae)