GENUS APTENODYTES

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Aptenodytes mean? 

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

1. large penguins

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS APTENODYTES (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Large penguins

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Aptenodytes; genus Aptenodytes

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

bird genus (a genus of birds)

Meronyms (members of "genus Aptenodytes"):

Aptenodytes patagonica; king penguin (large penguin on islands bordering the Antarctic Circle)

Aptenodytes forsteri; emperor penguin (the largest penguin; an Antarctic penguin)

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

family Spheniscidae; Spheniscidae (comprising all existing penguins)