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GENUS BALAENICEPS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Balaeniceps mean? 

GENUS BALAENICEPS (noun)
  The noun GENUS BALAENICEPS has 1 sense:

1. type genus of the Balaenicipitidae: shoebillsplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


GENUS BALAENICEPS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Type genus of the Balaenicipitidae: shoebills

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Balaeniceps; genus Balaeniceps

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

bird genus (a genus of birds)

Meronyms (members of "genus Balaeniceps"):

Balaeniceps rex; shoebill; shoebird (large stork-like bird of the valley of the White Nile with a broad bill suggesting a wooden shoe)

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

Balaenicipitidae; family Balaenicipitidae (shoebills)


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