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GENUS PHALAROPUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Phalaropus mean?
• GENUS PHALAROPUS (noun)
The noun GENUS PHALAROPUS has 1 sense:
1. type genus of the Phalaropidae: phalaropes
Familiarity information: GENUS PHALAROPUS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Type genus of the Phalaropidae: phalaropes
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
genus Phalaropus; Phalaropus
Hypernyms ("genus Phalaropus" is a kind of...):
bird genus (a genus of birds)
Meronyms (members of "genus Phalaropus"):
Phalaropus fulicarius; red phalarope (phalarope of northern oceans and lakes)
Holonyms ("genus Phalaropus" is a member of...):
family Phalaropidae; Phalaropidae (phalaropes)
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