POLYBORUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Polyborus mean? 

• POLYBORUS (noun)
  The noun POLYBORUS has 1 sense:

1. a genus of Falconidae

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• POLYBORUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A genus of Falconidae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

genus Polyborus; Polyborus

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

bird genus (a genus of birds)

Meronyms (members of "Polyborus"):

Audubon's caracara; Polyborus cheriway audubonii (widespread from southern United States to Central America; rusty black with black-and-white breast and tail)

carancha; Polyborus plancus (South American caracara)

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

Falconidae; family Falconidae (a family of birds of the order Falconiformes)