GENUS MELOPSITTACUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Melopsittacus mean? 

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

1. a genus of Psittacidae

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS MELOPSITTACUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A genus of Psittacidae

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Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

genus Melopsittacus; Melopsittacus

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

bird genus (a genus of birds)

Meronyms (members of "genus Melopsittacus"):

budgereegah; budgerigar; budgerygah; budgie; grass parakeet; lovebird; Melopsittacus undulatus; shell parakeet (small Australian parakeet usually light green with black and yellow markings in the wild but bred in many colors)

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

family Psittacidae; Psittacidae (coextensive with the order Psittaciformes)