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POEPHILA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Poephila mean?
• POEPHILA (noun)
The noun POEPHILA has 1 sense:
Familiarity information: POEPHILA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Grassfinches
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
genus Poephila; Poephila
Hypernyms ("Poephila" is a kind of...):
bird genus (a genus of birds)
Meronyms (members of "Poephila"):
grass finch; grassfinch (usually brightly-colored Australian weaverbirds; often kept as cage birds)
Poephila castanotis; zebra finch (small Australian weaverbird with markings like a zebra's)
Holonyms ("Poephila" is a member of...):
family Ploceidae; Ploceidae (weaverbirds)
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