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GENUS PYRRHULOXIA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Pyrrhuloxia mean?
• GENUS PYRRHULOXIA (noun)
The noun GENUS PYRRHULOXIA has 1 sense:
1. large showy finches related to cardinals
Familiarity information: GENUS PYRRHULOXIA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Large showy finches related to cardinals
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Hypernyms ("genus Pyrrhuloxia" is a kind of...):
bird genus (a genus of birds)
Meronyms (members of "genus Pyrrhuloxia"):
pyrrhuloxia; Pyrrhuloxia sinuata (crested grey-and-red bird of southwest United States and Mexico)
Holonyms ("genus Pyrrhuloxia" is a member of...):
family Fringillidae; Fringillidae (finches: goldfinches; bullfinches; chaffinches; siskins; canaries; cardinals; grosbeaks; crossbills; linnets; buntings)
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