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GENUS DIOMEDEA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Diomedea mean?
• GENUS DIOMEDEA (noun)
The noun GENUS DIOMEDEA has 1 sense:
1. type of the Diomedeidae
Familiarity information: GENUS DIOMEDEA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Type of the Diomedeidae
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Hypernyms ("genus Diomedea" is a kind of...):
bird genus (a genus of birds)
Meronyms (members of "genus Diomedea"):
Diomedea exulans; wandering albatross (very large albatross; white with wide black wings)
black-footed albatross; Diomedea nigripes; gooney; gooney bird; goonie; goony (a variety of albatross with black feet)
Holonyms ("genus Diomedea" is a member of...):
Diomedeidae; family Diomedeidae (albatrosses)
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