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GENUS EPHIPPIORHYNCHUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Ephippiorhynchus mean? 

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

1. saddlebillsplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


GENUS EPHIPPIORHYNCHUS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Saddlebills

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Ephippiorhynchus; genus Ephippiorhynchus

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

bird genus (a genus of birds)

Meronyms (members of "genus Ephippiorhynchus"):

Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis; jabiru; saddlebill (large black-and-white stork of tropical Africa; its red bill has a black band around the middle)

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

Ciconiidae; family Ciconiidae (storks)


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