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PHAROMACRUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Pharomacrus mean? 

PHAROMACRUS (noun)
  The noun PHAROMACRUS has 1 sense:

1. a genus of Trogonidaeplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


PHAROMACRUS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A genus of Trogonidae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

genus Pharomacrus; Pharomacrus

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

bird genus (a genus of birds)

Meronyms (members of "Pharomacrus"):

quetzal; quetzal bird (large trogon of Central America and South America having golden-green and scarlet plumage)

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

family Trogonidae; Trogonidae (coextensive with the order Trogoniformes)


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