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GENUS PORPHYRIO
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Porphyrio mean?
• GENUS PORPHYRIO (noun)
The noun GENUS PORPHYRIO has 1 sense:
1. Old World purple gallinules
Familiarity information: GENUS PORPHYRIO used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Old World purple gallinules
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
genus Porphyrio; Porphyrio
Hypernyms ("genus Porphyrio" is a kind of...):
bird genus (a genus of birds)
Holonyms ("genus Porphyrio" is a member of...):
family Rallidae; Rallidae (rails; crakes; gallinules; coots)
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