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GENUS DOLICHONYX

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Dolichonyx mean? 

GENUS DOLICHONYX (noun)
  The noun GENUS DOLICHONYX has 1 sense:

1. bobolinksplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


GENUS DOLICHONYX (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Bobolinks

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Dolichonyx; genus Dolichonyx

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

bird genus (a genus of birds)

Meronyms (members of "genus Dolichonyx"):

bobolink; Dolichonyx oryzivorus; reedbird; ricebird (migratory American songbird)

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

family Icteridae; Icteridae (American orioles; American blackbirds; bobolinks; meadowlarks)


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