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SURNIA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Surnia mean?
• SURNIA (noun)
The noun SURNIA has 1 sense:
1. a genus of hawk-like owls
Familiarity information: SURNIA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A genus of hawk-like owls
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
genus Surnia; Surnia
Hypernyms ("Surnia" is a kind of...):
bird genus (a genus of birds)
Meronyms (members of "Surnia"):
hawk owl; Surnia ulula (grey-and-white diurnal hawk-like owl of northern parts of the northern hemisphere)
Holonyms ("Surnia" is a member of...):
family Strigidae; Strigidae (a family of nocturnal birds of the order Strigiformes)
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