FURNARIUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Furnarius mean? 

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

1. type genus of the family Furnariidae: ovenbirds

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• FURNARIUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Type genus of the family Furnariidae: ovenbirds

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Furnarius; genus Furnarius

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

bird genus (a genus of birds)

Meronyms (members of "Furnarius"):

ovenbird (small brownish South American birds that build oven-shaped clay nests)

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

family Furnariidae; Furnariidae (e.g. ovenbirds)