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RAPHUS CUCULLATUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Raphus cucullatus mean?
• RAPHUS CUCULLATUS (noun)
The noun RAPHUS CUCULLATUS has 1 sense:
1. extinct heavy flightless bird of Mauritius related to pigeons
Familiarity information: RAPHUS CUCULLATUS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Extinct heavy flightless bird of Mauritius related to pigeons
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
dodo; Raphus cucullatus
Hypernyms ("Raphus cucullatus" is a kind of...):
columbiform bird (a cosmopolitan order of land birds having small heads and short legs with four unwebbed toes)
Holonyms ("Raphus cucullatus" is a member of...):
genus Raphus; Raphus (type genus of the Raphidae: dodos)
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