GENUS PAGOPHILA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Pagophila mean? 

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

1. a genus of Laridae

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS PAGOPHILA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A genus of Laridae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

genus Pagophila; Pagophila

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

bird genus (a genus of birds)

Meronyms (members of "genus Pagophila"):

ivory gull; Pagophila eburnea (white Arctic gull; migrates as far south as England and New Brunswick)

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

family Laridae; Laridae (gull family: gulls and terns)