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SILVIA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Silvia mean?
• SILVIA (noun)
The noun SILVIA has 1 sense:
1. type genus of the Sylviidae: warblers
Familiarity information: SILVIA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Type genus of the Sylviidae: warblers
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
genus Silvia; Silvia
Hypernyms ("Silvia" is a kind of...):
bird genus (a genus of birds)
Meronyms (members of "Silvia"):
blackcap; Silvia atricapilla (small brownish-grey warbler with a black crown)
Holonyms ("Silvia" 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)
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