GENUS FRATERCULA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Fratercula mean? 

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

1. puffins

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS FRATERCULA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Puffins

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Fratercula; genus Fratercula

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

bird genus (a genus of birds)

Meronyms (members of "genus Fratercula"):

Atlantic puffin; Fratercula arctica (common puffin of the northern Atlantic)

Fratercula corniculata; horned puffin (northern Pacific puffin)

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

Alcidae; family Alcidae (web-footed diving seabirds of northern seas: auks; puffins; guillemots; murres; etc.)