PTEROCNEMIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Pterocnemia mean? 

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

1. a genus of birds of the family Rheidae

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

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• PTEROCNEMIA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A genus of birds of the family Rheidae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

genus Pterocnemia; Pterocnemia

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

bird genus (a genus of birds)

Meronyms (members of "Pterocnemia"):

nandu; Pterocnemia pennata; rhea (smaller of two tall fast-running flightless birds similar to ostriches but three-toed; found from Peru to Strait of Magellan)

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

family Rheidae; Rheidae (a family of birds coextensive with the order Rheiformes)