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GENUS SULA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Sula mean?
• GENUS SULA (noun)
The noun GENUS SULA has 1 sense:
1. type genus of the Sulidae
Familiarity information: GENUS SULA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Type genus of the Sulidae
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
genus Sula; Sula
Hypernyms ("genus Sula" is a kind of...):
bird genus (a genus of birds)
Meronyms (members of "genus Sula"):
solan; solan goose; solant goose; Sula bassana (very large white gannet with black wing tips)
booby (small tropical gannet having a bright bill or bright feet or both)
Holonyms ("genus Sula" is a member of...):
family Sulidae; Sulidae (gannets and boobies)
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