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GENUS PIRANGA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Piranga mean? 

GENUS PIRANGA (noun)
  The noun GENUS PIRANGA has 1 sense:

1. a genus of Thraupidaeplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


GENUS PIRANGA (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A genus of Thraupidae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

genus Piranga; Piranga

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

bird genus (a genus of birds)

Meronyms (members of "genus Piranga"):

firebird; Piranga olivacea; redbird; scarlet tanager (the male is bright red with black wings and tail)

Piranga ludoviciana; western tanager (of western North America; male is black and yellow and orange-red)

Piranga rubra; summer redbird; summer tanager (of middle and southern United States; male is deep rose-red the female mostly yellow)

hepatic tanager; Piranga flava hepatica (common tanager of southwestern United States and Mexico)

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

family Thraupidae; Thraupidae (tanagers)


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