PRINIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Prinia mean? 

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

1. a genus of Sylviidae

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• PRINIA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A genus of Sylviidae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

genus Prinia; Prinia

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

bird genus (a genus of birds)

Meronyms (members of "Prinia"):

wren warbler (small Asiatic and African bird; constructs nests like those of tailorbirds)

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

family Sylviidae; Sylviidae (in some classifications considered a subfamily (Sylviinae) of the family Muscicapidae: Old World (true) warblers; American kinglets and gnatcatchers)