GAVIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Gavia mean? 

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

1. type genus of the Gavidae: loons

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• GAVIA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Type genus of the Gavidae: loons

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Gavia; genus Gavia

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

bird genus (a genus of birds)

Meronyms (members of "Gavia"):

diver; loon (large somewhat primitive fish-eating diving bird of the northern hemisphere having webbed feet placed far back; related to the grebes)

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

family Gavidae; Gavidae (loon family)