GENUS HALIAEETUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Haliaeetus mean? 

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

1. a genus of Accipitridae

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS HALIAEETUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A genus of Accipitridae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

genus Haliaeetus; Haliaeetus

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

bird genus (a genus of birds)

Meronyms (members of "genus Haliaeetus"):

American eagle; bald eagle; Haliaeetus leucocephalus (a large eagle of North America that has a white head and dark wings and body)

sea eagle (any of various large eagles that usually feed on fish)

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

Accipitridae; family Accipitridae (hawks; Old World vultures; kites; harriers; eagles)