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GENUS ORTALIS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Ortalis mean?
• GENUS ORTALIS (noun)
The noun GENUS ORTALIS has 1 sense:
1. chachalacas
Familiarity information: GENUS ORTALIS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Chachalacas
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
genus Ortalis; Ortalis
Hypernyms ("genus Ortalis" is a kind of...):
bird genus (a genus of birds)
Meronyms (members of "genus Ortalis"):
chachalaca (slender arboreal guan resembling a wild turkey; native to Central America and Mexico; highly regarded as game birds)
Ortilis vetula macalli; Texas chachalaca (of Mexico and Texas)
Holonyms ("genus Ortalis" is a member of...):
Cracidae; family Cracidae (curassows; guans; chachalacas)
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