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GENUS PANDION
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Pandion mean?
• GENUS PANDION (noun)
The noun GENUS PANDION has 1 sense:
1. type genus of the Pandionidae
Familiarity information: GENUS PANDION used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Type genus of the Pandionidae
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
genus Pandion; Pandion
Hypernyms ("genus Pandion" is a kind of...):
bird genus (a genus of birds)
Meronyms (members of "genus Pandion"):
fish eagle; fish hawk; osprey; Pandion haliaetus; sea eagle (large harmless hawk found worldwide that feeds on fish and builds a bulky nest often occupied for years)
Holonyms ("genus Pandion" is a member of...):
family Pandionidae; Pandionidae (ospreys)
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