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GENUS CRACTICUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Cracticus mean?
• GENUS CRACTICUS (noun)
The noun GENUS CRACTICUS has 1 sense:
1. type genus of the Cracticidae: Australian butcherbirds
Familiarity information: GENUS CRACTICUS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Type genus of the Cracticidae: Australian butcherbirds
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Cracticus; genus Cracticus
Hypernyms ("genus Cracticus" is a kind of...):
bird genus (a genus of birds)
Meronyms (members of "genus Cracticus"):
butcherbird (large carnivorous Australian bird with the shrike-like habit of impaling prey on thorns)
Holonyms ("genus Cracticus" is a member of...):
Cracticidae; family Cracticidae (Australian birds formerly included in the family Laniidae)
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