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GENUS PENELOPE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Penelope mean?
• GENUS PENELOPE (noun)
The noun GENUS PENELOPE has 1 sense:
1. a genus of guans (turkey-like arboreal birds valued as game and food birds)
Familiarity information: GENUS PENELOPE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A genus of guans (turkey-like arboreal birds valued as game and food birds)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
genus Penelope; Penelope
Hypernyms ("genus Penelope" is a kind of...):
bird genus (a genus of birds)
Holonyms ("genus Penelope" is a member of...):
Cracidae; family Cracidae (curassows; guans; chachalacas)
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