GENUS STURNELLA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Sturnella mean? 

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

1. a genus of passerine birds including the meadowlarks

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

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• GENUS STURNELLA (noun)

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Meaning:

A genus of passerine birds including the meadowlarks

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

genus Sturnella; Sturnella

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

bird genus (a genus of birds)

Meronyms (members of "genus Sturnella"):

lark; meadowlark (North American songbirds having a yellow breast)

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

family Icteridae; Icteridae (American orioles; American blackbirds; bobolinks; meadowlarks)