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MELANOTIS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Melanotis mean?
• MELANOTIS (noun)
The noun MELANOTIS has 1 sense:
1. a genus of Mimidae
Familiarity information: MELANOTIS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A genus of Mimidae
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
genus Melanotis; Melanotis
Hypernyms ("Melanotis" is a kind of...):
bird genus (a genus of birds)
Meronyms (members of "Melanotis"):
blue mockingbird; Melanotis caerulescens (mockingbird of Mexico)
Holonyms ("Melanotis" is a member of...):
family Mimidae; Mimidae (sometimes considered a subfamily of Troglodytidae: mockingbirds; catbirds; thrashers)
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