SUBGENUS PASTOR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does subgenus Pastor mean? 

• SUBGENUS PASTOR (noun)
  The noun SUBGENUS PASTOR has 1 sense:

1. only the rose-colored starlings; in some classifications considered a separate genus

  Familiarity information: SUBGENUS PASTOR used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SUBGENUS PASTOR (noun)

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Meaning:

Only the rose-colored starlings; in some classifications considered a separate genus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Pastor; subgenus Pastor

Hypernyms ("subgenus Pastor" is a kind of...):

bird genus (a genus of birds)

Meronyms (members of "subgenus Pastor"):

Pastor roseus; Pastor sturnus; rose-colored pastor; rose-colored starling (glossy black bird with pink back and abdomen; chiefly Asian)

Holonyms ("subgenus Pastor" is a member of...):

genus Sturnus; Sturnus (type genus of the Sturnidae: common starlings)