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NYCTICORAX
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Nycticorax mean?
• NYCTICORAX (noun)
The noun NYCTICORAX has 1 sense:
1. Old World night herons
Familiarity information: NYCTICORAX used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Old World night herons
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
genus Nycticorax; Nycticorax
Hypernyms ("Nycticorax" is a kind of...):
bird genus (a genus of birds)
Meronyms (members of "Nycticorax"):
black-crowned night heron; Nycticorax nycticorax (night heron of both Old and New Worlds)
Holonyms ("Nycticorax" is a member of...):
Ardeidae; family Ardeidae (herons; egrets; night herons; bitterns)
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