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GENUS SOMATERIA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Somateria mean?
• GENUS SOMATERIA (noun)
The noun GENUS SOMATERIA has 1 sense:
Familiarity information: GENUS SOMATERIA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Eider ducks
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
genus Somateria; Somateria
Hypernyms ("genus Somateria" is a kind of...):
bird genus (a genus of birds)
Meronyms (members of "genus Somateria"):
eider; eider duck (duck of the northern hemisphere much valued for the fine soft down of the females)
Holonyms ("genus Somateria" is a member of...):
Anatidae; family Anatidae (swimming birds having heavy short-legged bodies and bills with a horny tip: swans; geese; ducks)
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"He beat me and cried, and went before me to complain." (Arabic proverb)
"It hits like a grip on a pig." (Dutch proverb)