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GENUS GYMNORHINA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Gymnorhina mean?
• GENUS GYMNORHINA (noun)
The noun GENUS GYMNORHINA has 1 sense:
1. in some classifications placed in the family Laniidae: Australian piping crows
Familiarity information: GENUS GYMNORHINA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
In some classifications placed in the family Laniidae: Australian piping crows
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
genus Gymnorhina; Gymnorhina
Hypernyms ("genus Gymnorhina" is a kind of...):
bird genus (a genus of birds)
Meronyms (members of "genus Gymnorhina"):
Gymnorhina tibicen; piping crow; piping crow-shrike (crow-sized black-and-white bird; a good mimic often caged)
Holonyms ("genus Gymnorhina" is a member of...):
Cracticidae; family Cracticidae (Australian birds formerly included in the family Laniidae)
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