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GENUS URIA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Uria mean?
• GENUS URIA (noun)
The noun GENUS URIA has 1 sense:
1. murres
Familiarity information: GENUS URIA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Murres
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
genus Uria; Uria
Hypernyms ("genus Uria" is a kind of...):
bird genus (a genus of birds)
Meronyms (members of "genus Uria"):
murre (black-and-white diving bird of northern seas)
Holonyms ("genus Uria" is a member of...):
Alcidae; family Alcidae (web-footed diving seabirds of northern seas: auks; puffins; guillemots; murres; etc.)
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