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ECTOPISTES

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Ectopistes mean? 

ECTOPISTES (noun)
  The noun ECTOPISTES has 1 sense:

1. a genus of Columbidaeplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


ECTOPISTES (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A genus of Columbidae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Ectopistes; genus Ectopistes

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

bird genus (a genus of birds)

Meronyms (members of "Ectopistes"):

Ectopistes migratorius; passenger pigeon (gregarious North American migratory pigeon now extinct)

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

Columbidae; family Columbidae (doves and pigeons)


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