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MELANERPES

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Melanerpes mean? 

MELANERPES (noun)
  The noun MELANERPES has 1 sense:

1. a genus of Picidaeplay

  Familiarity information: MELANERPES used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


MELANERPES (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A genus of Picidae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

genus Melanerpes; Melanerpes

Hypernyms ("Melanerpes" is a kind of...):

bird genus (a genus of birds)

Meronyms (members of "Melanerpes"):

Melanerpes erythrocephalus; redhead; redheaded woodpecker (black-and-white North American woodpecker having a red head and neck)

Holonyms ("Melanerpes" is a member of...):

family Picidae; Picidae (woodpeckers)


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