GENUS PELECANUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Pelecanus mean? 

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

1. type genus of the Pelecanidae

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS PELECANUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Type genus of the Pelecanidae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

genus Pelecanus; Pelecanus

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

bird genus (a genus of birds)

Meronyms (members of "genus Pelecanus"):

Pelecanus erythrorhynchos; white pelican (large American pelican; white with black wing feathers)

Old world white pelican; Pelecanus onocrotalus (similar to American white pelican)

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

family Pelecanidae; Pelecanidae (pelicans)