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GENUS GAVIA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Gavia mean?
• GENUS GAVIA (noun)
The noun GENUS GAVIA has 1 sense:
1. type genus of the Gavidae: loons
Familiarity information: GENUS GAVIA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Type genus of the Gavidae: loons
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Gavia; genus Gavia
Hypernyms ("genus Gavia" is a kind of...):
bird genus (a genus of birds)
Meronyms (members of "genus Gavia"):
diver; loon (large somewhat primitive fish-eating diving bird of the northern hemisphere having webbed feet placed far back; related to the grebes)
Holonyms ("genus Gavia" is a member of...):
family Gavidae; Gavidae (loon family)
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