GENUS CORVUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Corvus mean? 

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

1. type genus of the Corvidae: crows and ravens

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS CORVUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Type genus of the Corvidae: crows and ravens

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Corvus; genus Corvus

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

bird genus (a genus of birds)

Meronyms (members of "genus Corvus"):

crow (black birds having a raucous call)

Corvus corax; raven (large black bird with a straight bill and long wedge-shaped tail)

Corvus frugilegus; rook (common gregarious Old World bird about the size and color of the American crow)

Corvus monedula; daw; jackdaw (common black-and-grey Eurasian bird noted for thievery)

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

Corvidae; family Corvidae (crow; raven; rook; jackdaw; chough; magpie; jay)