GENUS POLIOPTILA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Polioptila mean? 

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

1. New World gnatcatchers

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS POLIOPTILA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

New World gnatcatchers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

genus Polioptila; Polioptila

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

bird genus (a genus of birds)

Meronyms (members of "genus Polioptila"):

gnatcatcher (very small North American and South American warblers)

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

family Sylviidae; Sylviidae (in some classifications considered a subfamily (Sylviinae) of the family Muscicapidae: Old World (true) warblers; American kinglets and gnatcatchers)