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GENUS PITTA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Pitta mean?
• GENUS PITTA (noun)
The noun GENUS PITTA has 1 sense:
1. type genus of the Pittidae; a large genus of birds of southern Asia and Australia and adjacent islands
Familiarity information: GENUS PITTA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Type genus of the Pittidae; a large genus of birds of southern Asia and Australia and adjacent islands
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Hypernyms ("genus Pitta" is a kind of...):
bird genus (a genus of birds)
Holonyms ("genus Pitta" is a member of...):
family Pittidae; Pittidae (pittas)
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