GENUS PODICEPS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Podiceps mean? 

• GENUS PODICEPS (noun)
  The noun GENUS PODICEPS has 1 sense:

1. type genus of the Podicipedidae: grebes

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS PODICEPS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Type genus of the Podicipedidae: grebes

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

genus Podiceps; Podiceps

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

bird genus (a genus of birds)

Meronyms (members of "genus Podiceps"):

grebe (small compact-bodied almost completely aquatic bird that builds floating nests; similar to loons but smaller and with lobate rather than webbed feet)

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

family Podicipedidae; Podicipedidae (coextensive with the order Podicipitiformes)