GENUS DUMETELLA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Dumetella mean? 

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

1. catbirds

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS DUMETELLA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Catbirds

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Dumetella; genus Dumetella

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

bird genus (a genus of birds)

Meronyms (members of "genus Dumetella"):

catbird; Dumetella carolinensis; gray catbird; grey catbird (North American songbird whose call resembles a cat's mewing)

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

family Mimidae; Mimidae (sometimes considered a subfamily of Troglodytidae: mockingbirds; catbirds; thrashers)