GENUS SITTA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Sitta mean? 

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

1. type genus of the Sittidae

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

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• GENUS SITTA (noun)

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Meaning:

Type genus of the Sittidae

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Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

genus Sitta; Sitta

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

bird genus (a genus of birds)

Meronyms (members of "genus Sitta"):

European nuthatch; Sitta europaea (a kind of nuthatch)

red-breasted nuthatch; Sitta canadensis (bluish-grey nuthatch with reddish breast; of northern coniferous forests)

Sitta carolinensis; white-breasted nuthatch (bluish-grey nuthatch with black head and white breast; of eastern North America)

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

family Sittidae; Sittidae (nuthatches)