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GENUS DREPANIS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Drepanis mean?
• GENUS DREPANIS (noun)
The noun GENUS DREPANIS has 1 sense:
Familiarity information: GENUS DREPANIS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A genus of Drepanididae
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Drepanis; genus Drepanis
Hypernyms ("genus Drepanis" is a kind of...):
bird genus (a genus of birds)
Meronyms (members of "genus Drepanis"):
mamo (black honeycreepers with yellow feathers around the tail; now extinct)
Holonyms ("genus Drepanis" is a member of...):
Drepanididae; family Drepanididae (Hawaiian honeycreepers)
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