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GENUS BUBO
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Bubo mean?
• GENUS BUBO (noun)
The noun GENUS BUBO has 1 sense:
1. a genus of Strigidae
Familiarity information: GENUS BUBO used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A genus of Strigidae
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Bubo; genus Bubo
Hypernyms ("genus Bubo" is a kind of...):
bird genus (a genus of birds)
Meronyms (members of "genus Bubo"):
horned owl (large owls having prominent ear tufts)
Holonyms ("genus Bubo" is a member of...):
family Strigidae; Strigidae (a family of nocturnal birds of the order Strigiformes)
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