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GENUS PHOENICULUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Phoeniculus mean?
• GENUS PHOENICULUS (noun)
The noun GENUS PHOENICULUS has 1 sense:
1. type and only genus of the family Phoeniculidae
Familiarity information: GENUS PHOENICULUS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Type and only genus of the family Phoeniculidae
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
genus Phoeniculus; Phoeniculus
Hypernyms ("genus Phoeniculus" is a kind of...):
bird genus (a genus of birds)
Meronyms (members of "genus Phoeniculus"):
wood hoopoe (tropical African bird having metallic blackish plumage but no crest)
Holonyms ("genus Phoeniculus" is a member of...):
family Phoeniculidae; Phoeniculidae (wood hoopoes)
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