GENUS AGELAIUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Agelaius mean? 

• GENUS AGELAIUS (noun)
  The noun GENUS AGELAIUS has 1 sense:

1. red-winged blackbirds

  Familiarity information: GENUS AGELAIUS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS AGELAIUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Red-winged blackbirds

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Agelaius; genus Agelaius

Hypernyms ("genus Agelaius" is a kind of...):

bird genus (a genus of birds)

Meronyms (members of "genus Agelaius"):

Agelaius phoeniceus; red-winged blackbird; redwing (North American blackbird with scarlet patches on the wings)

Holonyms ("genus Agelaius" is a member of...):

family Icteridae; Icteridae (American orioles; American blackbirds; bobolinks; meadowlarks)