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GENUS NYCTICORAX
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Nycticorax mean?
• GENUS NYCTICORAX (noun)
The noun GENUS NYCTICORAX has 1 sense:
1. Old World night herons
Familiarity information: GENUS NYCTICORAX used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Old World night herons
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
genus Nycticorax; Nycticorax
Hypernyms ("genus Nycticorax" is a kind of...):
bird genus (a genus of birds)
Meronyms (members of "genus Nycticorax"):
black-crowned night heron; Nycticorax nycticorax (night heron of both Old and New Worlds)
Holonyms ("genus Nycticorax" is a member of...):
Ardeidae; family Ardeidae (herons; egrets; night herons; bitterns)
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