GENUS DENDROICA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Dendroica mean? 

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

1. a genus of Parulidae

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS DENDROICA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A genus of Parulidae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Dendroica; genus Dendroica

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

bird genus (a genus of birds)

Meronyms (members of "genus Dendroica"):

Cape May warbler; Dendroica tigrina (North American wood warbler; olive green and yellow striped with black)

Dendroica petechia; golden warbler; yellow warbler; yellowbird (yellow-throated American wood warbler)

Blackburn; Blackburnian warbler; Dendroica fusca (black-and-white North American wood warbler having an orange-and-black head and throat)

Audubon's warbler; Audubon warbler; Dendroica auduboni (common warbler of western North America)

Dendroica coronata; myrtle bird; myrtle warbler (similar to Audubon's warbler)

blackpoll; Dendroica striate (North American warbler having a black-and-white head)

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

family Parulidae; Parulidae (New World warblers)