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GENUS IRENA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Irena mean?
• GENUS IRENA (noun)
The noun GENUS IRENA has 1 sense:
1. type genus of the Irenidae: fairy bluebirds
Familiarity information: GENUS IRENA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Type genus of the Irenidae: fairy bluebirds
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
genus Irena; Irena
Hypernyms ("genus Irena" is a kind of...):
bird genus (a genus of birds)
Meronyms (members of "genus Irena"):
bluebird; fairy bluebird (fruit-eating mostly brilliant blue songbird of the East Indies)
Holonyms ("genus Irena" is a member of...):
family Irenidae; Irenidae (a family of birds of the suborder Oscines)
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