GENUS MELANOTIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Melanotis mean? 

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

1. a genus of Mimidae

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS MELANOTIS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A genus of Mimidae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

genus Melanotis; Melanotis

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

bird genus (a genus of birds)

Meronyms (members of "genus Melanotis"):

blue mockingbird; Melanotis caerulescens (mockingbird of Mexico)

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

family Mimidae; Mimidae (sometimes considered a subfamily of Troglodytidae: mockingbirds; catbirds; thrashers)