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GENUS LEPTOPTILUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Leptoptilus mean?
• GENUS LEPTOPTILUS (noun)
The noun GENUS LEPTOPTILUS has 1 sense:
1. adjutant birds and marabous
Familiarity information: GENUS LEPTOPTILUS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Adjutant birds and marabous
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
genus Leptoptilus; Leptoptilus
Hypernyms ("genus Leptoptilus" is a kind of...):
bird genus (a genus of birds)
Meronyms (members of "genus Leptoptilus"):
adjutant; adjutant bird; adjutant stork; Leptoptilus dubius (large Indian stork with a military gait)
Leptoptilus crumeniferus; marabou; marabou stork; marabout (large African black-and-white carrion-eating stork; its downy underwing feathers are used to trim garments)
Holonyms ("genus Leptoptilus" is a member of...):
Ciconiidae; family Ciconiidae (storks)
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