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GENUS RUPICOLA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Rupicola mean?
• GENUS RUPICOLA (noun)
The noun GENUS RUPICOLA has 1 sense:
1. cock of the rocks
Familiarity information: GENUS RUPICOLA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Cock of the rocks
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
genus Rupicola; Rupicola
Hypernyms ("genus Rupicola" is a kind of...):
bird genus (a genus of birds)
Meronyms (members of "genus Rupicola"):
cock of the rock; Rupicola rupicola (tropical bird of northern South America the male having brilliant red or orange plumage and an erectile disklike crest)
Holonyms ("genus Rupicola" is a member of...):
Cotingidae; family Cotingidae (cotingas; umbrella birds)
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