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GENUS GYPS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Gyps mean?
• GENUS GYPS (noun)
The noun GENUS GYPS has 1 sense:
1. a genus of Accipitridae
Familiarity information: GENUS GYPS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A genus of Accipitridae
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
genus Gyps; Gyps
Hypernyms ("genus Gyps" is a kind of...):
bird genus (a genus of birds)
Meronyms (members of "genus Gyps"):
griffon; griffon vulture; Gyps fulvus (large vulture of southern Europe and northern Africa having pale plumage with black wings)
Holonyms ("genus Gyps" is a member of...):
Accipitridae; family Accipitridae (hawks; Old World vultures; kites; harriers; eagles)
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