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GENUS PIPRA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Pipra mean?
• GENUS PIPRA (noun)
The noun GENUS PIPRA has 1 sense:
1. type genus of the Pipridae containing the typical manakins
Familiarity information: GENUS PIPRA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Type genus of the Pipridae containing the typical manakins
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
genus Pipra; Pipra
Hypernyms ("genus Pipra" is a kind of...):
bird genus (a genus of birds)
Meronyms (members of "genus Pipra"):
manakin (any of numerous small bright-colored birds of Central America and South America having short bills and elaborate courtship behavior)
Holonyms ("genus Pipra" is a member of...):
family Pipridae; Pipridae (manakins)
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