GENUS COCCYZUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Coccyzus mean? 

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

1. a genus of Cuculidae

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS COCCYZUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A genus of Cuculidae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Coccyzus; genus Coccyzus

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

bird genus (a genus of birds)

Meronyms (members of "genus Coccyzus"):

black-billed cuckoo; Coccyzus erythropthalmus (North American cuckoo; builds a nest and rears its own young)

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

Cuculidae; family Cuculidae (includes cuckoo; ani; roadrunner)